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Perennial launches boutique ESG business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... analysts will provide additional support to Perennial Better Future. "We'll still work with the rest of the asset management business and they'll continue to work closely with us," Cottier notes. O'Neill will remain within the investment ...

State Street launches ESG service for securities lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... executive committee comprised of representatives from Aberdeen Standard Investments, Aviva, BlackRock, ISLA, KBC Asset Management, NN Investment Partners and PGGM. PSSL is organised around eight core principles - alignment, transparency, tax voting ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... more regulated definition of "green-ness" and ability to achieve carbon reduction aims, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management. BNP Paribas Asset Management takes a strict lens in identifying green bonds that meet tighter definitions of impact and ...

BlackRock hires former AMP Capital head to ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Group, and five years as a portfolio manager with the long/short absolute return hedge fund portfolio in UBS Asset Management. She will be based in Hong Kong. BlackRock also appointed Geir Espeskog, currently head of iShares Asia Pacific distribution ...

ESG investing growing strongly in Asia: J.P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021  |  NEWS
ESG investing is growing strongly in Asia, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Net inflows into sustainable funds in 2020 was US$8 billion, nearly 10 times that of 2019, said Tai Hui, chief Asia market strategist, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. ...

AustralianSuper adds sustainable ETFs to platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... participants - BetaShares, Russell Investments, Vanguard, VanEck, and InvestSMART, according to Rainmaker. UBS Asset Management withdrew from the Australian ETP market in May 2020.

Green bond boom, but investors look to value proposition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... growth in 2020, and investors are evaluating whether the sustainability and value propositions align. JP Morgan Asset Management research found that sustainable fixed income globally saw EUR 59 billion of inflows in 2020, a 39% increase versus 2019 ...

Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5C. Macquarie Asset Management is one of the new signatories. "Last year we reconfirmed our commitment to tackling climate change by announcing we would ...

Global fund manager launches local climate transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... 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 companies that ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... they are taking to achieve their goals. This week, Cbus Super announced a new $240 million mandate with Impax Asset Management that "focuses on investing in opportunities arising from the transition to a more sustainable global economy and the safeguarding ...