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Northern Trust scores win in Vanguard reversal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... standalone funds from ANZ Investments and OneAnswer. The total amount is understood to be about $5 billion. Vanguard used an index-tracking strategy in the international credit allocation, with some exclusions. Northern Trust will use a factor-based ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Wholesale Managed Funds performance report benchmarked a universe of 44 funds against two indices: the S&P ASX200 Accumulation Index, which was down - 5.1% over the past 12 months, and returned +6.1% p.a. over the past three years, and the MSCI World ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... One of the challenges is that it's a much narrower market, so we've had to work very closely with FTSE, who is our index provider.... They're a very reputable producer of ESG indices, but it also allows us now to talk to clients about building ...

Fund manager creates, hires for ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... delivered 8.1% p.a. and the Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund 9.1% p.a., compared with 7.3% p.a. for the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index. The Alphinity Concentrated Australian Share Fund returned 9.1% p.a. "We're excited about the future," said Johan ...

Climate, worker rights rise up ESG agenda: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... invited to complete the survey, and respondents came from a range of industries broadly representative of the Australian index.

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks

JOSHUA KENDALL  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Wirecard received the lowest possible ESG rating versus its entire peer group. The firm scored negatively on 'key issue' index for governance risk factors such as financial system stability, accounting and financial transparency. The combination of strongly ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 of 6.4%. "The most important thing is that we've demonstrated that doing good, you don't ...

RealIndex appoints former Acadian executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... where she was a senior portfolio manager, and Blackrock, where she was a portfolio manager within scientific equities, ran index portfolios and was head of sustainable investment in Australia. Nash holds a CFA accreditation, has a PhD in economics from ...

FTSE Russell enhances Green Revenues data model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the mark has been awarded to 86 issuers across London markets. The data model is also used to underpin several prominent index series including the FTSE Russell TPI Climate Transition index and the FTSE Environmental Markets Index series. "Investors ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Morningstar. Morningstar tracked the growth of sustainable passive funds, that as of June 30, 2020, there were 534 sustainable index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds globally, with collective assets under management of $250 billion. Both the number ...