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Global fund manager launches local climate transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
A leading global fund manager has launched a green transition index fund for Australia and New Zealand. Northern Trust Asset Management has created the NT World Green Transition Index, which excludes companies with fossil fuel reserves, and selects ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Modern slavery, climate change and decarbonisation, engagement with indigenous people, waste and good corporate culture were key topics of engagement for Ausbil Investment Management. Ausbil recently released its engagement report covering its activities ...

Investors back climate bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
A range of investors have backed independent MP Zali Steggall draft climate change law in testimony to a parliamentary inquiry. A broad swathe of businesses, conservationist, scientist, health professionals and investors have broadly backed the proposed ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Interest in impact investing is quickly increasing, and while strategies are growing across multiple asset classes, fund managers are developing strategies to capture the positive environmental ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund Future Super will ring in the new year by reducing fees on all its investment options. From January 2021, Future Super will cut the admin fee on its Future Super Balanced Impact and Future Super Renewables Plus to 0.554% with the ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global investment firm T. Rowe Price has joined the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). "We are delighted to begin our partnership with RIAA to work on important responsible investment issues that are top of mind for our clients," ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
In the wake of a damning report into Rio Tinto's destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia, stakeholders including traditional owners, investors and civil society are looking to how the recommendations in a governmental ...

Super fund shuffles team, investment chief steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
There has been a slew of moves at a retail super fund, including the resignation of its chief investment officer and the appointment of a chief risk officer. Future Super, the super fund focused on climate change action with almost $1 billion in funds ...

Victorian social housing commitment potential opportunity for impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
The Victorian state government has committed $5.3 billion to build social and community housing over the next four years, a move that could catalyse impact investment in social and affordable housing. Earlier this week, Premier Daniel Andrews announced ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
A coalition of Australian fund managers and super funds have written the 100 largest companies in Australia, encouraging them to examine broad supply chain risks of labour exploitation as a leading indicator of modern slavery. The coalition of 24 investors ...