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AustralianSuper adds sustainable ETFs to platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Certification Program. "VanEck's unique relationship with MSCI, the world's largest provider of ESG indices across both equities and fixed income, allows us to offer these low-cost and high performing sustainable investments to Australian investors," ...

Corporate super fund sets net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... equity benchmarks, measuring baseline emissions and disclosing to members the first quantitative report of the listed equities greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancing guidelines for external manager assessment and mandates to incorporate climate change ...

Global digitalisation impacting environmental, social factors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the COVID0-19 pandemic, but it was accelerated over the last year, said Hamish Chamberlayne, head of global sustainable equities at Janus Henderson Investors "Digitalisation is one of the great generational trends," Chamberlayne said. "It cuts across ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... mandate will focus on climate mitigation and adaptation and will be managed using the Impax Climate Strategy, a global equities strategy investing in companies providing solutions to the challenges around climate change. This mandate sits within Cbus' ...

Wholesale managed funds continue strong performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... months to end of January, according to the latest Rainmaker Information Financial Market Performance report. Overall, equities returns for the month of January were "a mixed bag," with the S&P ASX 200 returning 0.3% of the month. Emerging markets had ...

New to market investors seeking ESG information from platforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... responsible investments, Guiamatsia said. "We see the new-to-market cohort - those who placed their very first trade on equities in 2020 - more likely to seek platforms that can enable them to identify socially responsible investments," Guiamatsia said. ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the analytics for climate transition and to be able to use what data is available now." Mercer is commencing with its equities holdings as well as fixed income, but are also extending their analysis into direct property and infrastructure. Reid noted ...

ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... so. Investors have widely differing beliefs about the connection between ESG and performance, with 82% expecting ESG equities to outperform over the next three years (35% "strongly agree") versus 70% (17%) expecting the same in bonds. These expectations ...

Ethical fund manager sets ambitious FUM target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the Emerging Companies Fund (ECF) to 31 December 2020. Australian Ethical has promoted Mike Murray to head of domestic equities and will be responsible for overseeing the award-winning active equities team and processes. There is no change to the roles ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... ethical screens and bottom-up ESG signal integration to construct portfolios covering commodities, credit as well as equities, according to First Sentier Investors. First Sentier Investors integrates responsible investment strategies and tools in the ...