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VFMC hires Talieh Williams as head of investment stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has hired Talieh Williams to the role of head of investment stewardship. Talieh Williams A spokesperson for VMFC confirmed that Williams will join the fund 3 February and will report to CIO Russell Clarke. ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... developments, using examples from around the world to illustrate. She pointed to a March 2019 issuance by Link Asset Management as one example of a HK$4 billion green convertible bond at 1.6% p.a. "The Link REIT green bond in Hong Kong is particularly ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... to an annualised return of 2.9% in the Eurozone and 1.6% in North America," Amundi said. "Similarly, optimized index management, in which the weighting of companies in the index is optimized to obtain the lowest possible tracking error, would have created ...

HESTA names Andrew Major chief risk and compliance officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... alternative investment strategies, including Impact Investments. Blakey underlined that comprehensive and proactive risk management was a foundation to HESTA's "delivery of improved financial outcomes for HESTA members." "In the wake of the Hayne Royal ...

Local Government Super appoints Claudia Bels as board director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Health Care Complaints Commission. "Claudia brings to the board an impressive track record in law, finance and risk management as well as broad international commercial expertise. She also has extensive experience in strategic leadership across a range ...

David Atkin, responsible investment leader, to step down as Cbus CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... 12 years leading the fund. Under Atkin's leadership, the fund grew from #$12 billion to $56.5 billion in funds under management, said Cbus Super Chair Steve Bracks. "David has been CEO of Cbus for over a third of its existence and over that time the ...

ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... augment low volatility quantitative strategies and enhance alpha seeking strategies, according to Northern Trust Asset Management. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global equity management, Northern Trust Northern Trust Asset Management ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (IGCC) BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with more than US$6.8 trillion in assets under management. There are more than 370 global investors participating in the initiative, with more than US$41 trillion in assets under management. ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... business still there," said Niall Mills, partner in the Infrastructure Investments Team and head of infrastructure asst management Europe at First Sentier. "If you can sustain your enterprise by having engaged employees, and a track record of improving ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... fundamentally uncorrelated to traditional financial markets." Amundi has approximately US$2 billion in assets under management in the ILS strategies, comprised of an internal allocation and external clients such as endowments, pension funds and sovereign ...