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Schroders quietly backpedals on carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Global Recovery Fund. The investment manager declined to comment. This comes as Schroders introduced the Schroder Global Equity Alpha Fund to wholesale and institutional investors last week. "Global forces are driving a fundamental shift of major proportions ...

Super gap to close in 2042

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Gender financial equality slowed in the past quarter; gender pay equality is expected by 2047 and ASX 200 equality equity by 2030. Overall, women are experiencing higher unemployment and underemployment. In the long-term however there is - albeit slow ...

ClearBridge launches new ESG fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... companies and those that are currently improving on ESG measures. This comes after ClearBridge launched its first global equity option earlier this year. ClearBridge portfolio manager Grace Su said the fund invests in 30 to 40 securities across developed ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... bill is a significant win in redressing the inequity of missing out on super while on paid parental leave and for gender equity." She added that the inclusion of super payments will reinforce that paid parental leave is not a welfare payment but a workplace ...

Litigation immunity sparks legal expert outcry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... moratorium "unparalleled, and unjustified, corporate overreach on an international scale". David Barnden, principal at Equity Generation Lawyers told FS Sustainability the pause may undermine market integrity by providing protection for companies who ...

Northern Trust firms up stewardship, proxy voting offering

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... committee, as the asset manager continues the ongoing rollout of its new proxy voting choice solution to 76% of client equity assets. The solution is now being made available for investors in select US common and collective funds, representing US$250bn ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... engagement, and voting. With over 17 years' experience working in the investment industry, Asai started her career as an equity research analyst in Japan, moving to equity research sales and later as an institutional relationship and sales director. ...

PEP rides ESG tailwinds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Australasia's largest private equity firm with $11 billion AUM has launched an investment vehicle across the ditch. PEP's latest investment fund is not advertised as ESG, but has an underlying ESG strategy. Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) says ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... million ($112.15 million) mandate to transatlantic investment manager TowerBrook Capital Partners, for its Delta private equity impact fund. The Delta fund will invest in mid-sized private companies that are expected to generate strong long-term returns ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... investors to have exposure beyond major market indices. The mandate will be invested in the Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Equity strategy. The strategy was first made available to Australian investors in August 2023 and seeks consistent risk-adjusted ...