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ESG managed fund fees revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian Sustainability leaders ETF had $647 million in AUM, making it the 26 th largest ETF. Vanguard's Australian Shares Index was the largest ETF, with $5.748 billion in AUM. Last week, sister publication Financial Standard reported that the ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... join in the effort." Neuberger Berman has also developed the proprietary Neuberger Berman Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Index. The Index, which is updated annually, is the average of two sub-indices: the Diversity Index, which measures progress towards ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... resolutions. The report notes that most of the companies responsible for the majority of the emissions in the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index are yet to commit to substantive emissions reduction targets by 2030. This suggests that there is ample room for ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... investment stewardship engagement. Where companies are not progressing on those risks, BlackRock will vote against management in index portfolio-held shares, and will also consider divestment in discretionary active portfolios because of the risk to ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... issues like occupational health and safety, worker rights and other considerations. The MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Leaders index has outperformed the wider MSCI Emerging Markets index this year - returning 4.56% to the end of September, compared to -0.91% ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... especially during market turbulence." MSCI applied its ESG Ratings to companies in the Bloomberg Barclays Global High Yield Index and found that the overall ESG score had a stronger correlation than individual ESG-pillar scores, "with the exception of ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... long-held view that ethical funds are more expensive, however the fee reductions we're announcing today bring our Balanced Index fees to well-below the industry median. These lower barriers mean that more Australians will be investing in a future that ...

ESG funds continue strong performance: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund options continued to outperform in the latest Rainmaker Information league tables. The Rainmaker ESG Diversified Index returned an unchanged 0.6% over the 12-month period to the end of October 2020, outperforming the MySuper index ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by 2% per annum on a rolling 3-year basis, and is managed by portfolio manager Jaime Ramos Martin in partnership with climate ...

Perception of ethics rises off back of COVID response: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and insurance industries are at the bottom of ethical sectors, according to the Governance Institute of Australia's Ethics Index 2020. The survey of a thousand people's attitudes to ethical conduct across society showed a broad consensus on a range of ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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