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Northern Trust scores win in Vanguard reversal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia and New Zealand. The change is across three asset classes: international credit, sovereign bonds and global equities. The allocations sit in multi-asset funds and some standalone funds from ANZ Investments and OneAnswer. The total amount is ...

First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia will have the challenge of finding information in markets where disclosure is not mandated. "Obviously, our global equities teams and our APAC focused teams are going to continue to have that challenge year on year as we raise those issues ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... meet strongly defined ESG criteria." Aware Super offers two SRI options - the Diversified SRI option, and the Australian Equities SRI option. 'Our Diversified option includes all of our investment sectors, to support our members to invest in line with ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... manages $3.5 billion across its ESG range to date, with about $1.3 billion in AUM for the ethically conscious global equities product, Reedman said. "We've been working with understanding the needs and preferences and how they've changed for ...

Fund manager creates, hires for ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... to support the fund manager's efforts to more deeply integrate ESG-related matters across its domestic and global equities funds, including the Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund. Cairns comes to Alphinity from Transurban, where she was senior sustainability ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... benchmark ASX300 by9.4% with an absolute return of 1.8$ and was ranked by Rainmaker in the top 10 Australian large cap equities managers. In the 2020 calendar year to August, Melior's fund has outperformed the index by 11.2% with an absolute return ...

Superannuation funds accelerate climate action: ClimateWorks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolio, and Aware Super's announced plans to divest from thermal coal miners and reduce emissions in its listed equities portfolio by at least 30% by 2023. "This is the first time that this has happened in Australia, and it's all happened ...

IIG launches alternative fund-of funds impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... yield, liquidity and attractive risk-adjusted returns. The Impact Alternatives Fund will target low correlation to listed equities, bonds and property, with a return objective of 6-10% p.a. pre-tax, post fees and costs. The income yield objective is ...

RealIndex appoints former Acadian executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Systematic equities manager Realindex Investments has hired Joanna Nash to the newly created role of senior quantitative portfolio manager. Nash has 13 years' quantitative investment experience including senior roles at Acadian, where she was a ...

Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Change Roadmap, under which Cbus will put in place processes to achieve portfolio targets for each asset class, including equities. Cbus already has specific net zero emissions target for property by 2030 and infrastructure by 2050, said Kristian Fok ...