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PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
PwC Australia has hired an industry veteran as its first chief sustainability officer. Janette O'Neill joins PwC Australia from QBE Insurance, where she has been group head of sustainability since 2017. In her new role, O'Neill will provide leading ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... of the funds, historically they re-list these businesses," Pittard as you say. "Private equity tends to have a seven-year fund and investors see a realised return after seven years. "In this case, we know it's a business transformation which could take ...

Platforms increasing ESG products, research: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... noted that Macquarie has partnered with Morningstar to enable advisers to compare sustainability ratings, carbon designation, fund profiles, and new ESG SMAs (self managed accounts) from Dimensional Fund Advisers, Pendal and Lonsec, while BT Panorama ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
HSBC Asset Management has launched an active fixed income fund investing in Asian bonds with a strong bias towards issuers with sound ESG profiles. The HSBC GIF Asia ESG Bond Fund is set up to have a higher ESG score and a lower carbon intensity score ...

Australian Ethical sees net inflows surge upward

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... net flows, as well as investment performance. Net inflows increased by $600 million in the second half of 2021, with manage fund net flows up 37% to $230 million, super net flows up 45% to $370 million. The ethical fund manager reported that 74% of funds ...

U Ethical makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Ethical cited her experience leading significant financial institutions, saying it would prove beneficial as the ethical fund manager "expands further into new wealth management and wholesale markets, competing with leading investment managers." Burns ...

The challenge of evaluating impact investing's fundamentals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Defining positive impact is a challenge for investors, and advisers need to evaluate fund managers' impact claims against their intentionality, the measurability of social or environmental impact, and the manager's contribution towards that impact ...

Westpac, CEFC join Australian Industry ETI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Westpac and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have joined the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative (Australian Industry ETI). The Australian Industry ETI is a coalition of industry and finance organisations focusing on accelerating ...

Responsible investment funds surge past $100 billion: Plan For Life

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... wholesale unit trust responsible funds account for more than 54% of the responsible investment market. The Australian super fund responsible sub-market increased 29% over the latest year and recorded a 5 year CAGR of 15.6% while representing over 24% ...

Inflows to sustainability options on BT platforms double

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Net inflows into sustainable investment options have more than doubled in the year to June 2021, BT reported in its quarterly update. There is strong demand from advisers for ESG solutions - 82% of advisers are interested in ESG solutions for their ...