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bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... they use ESG throughout most of their strategy to different levels." While there is a "best in class" in active Japanese equities managers when it comes to ESG integration, there's a smaller proportion of those that score highly in comparison to global ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... responsibility," Prabhu said. "The ethical and SRI process has had a long history here at Perpetual - we have an SRI/ethical equities fund which has been running for almost a decade as well, and that strategy has attracted over $1 billion in assets under ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... of recent short-term market volatility, which AXA IM believes "may be signifying the final stages of a bull market in equities and bonds." Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of responsible investment, gave an update on responsible investment and ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has evolved one of its international equities indices to reduce carbon emissions and reserves intensity by 50%. Susan Darroch, head of Global Equity BetaSolutions, Asia ex Japan, State Street Global Advisors The State ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... discipline with applications across all asset classes, when looking at funds that invest primarily in publicly listed equities, one is forced to ask questions about the additionality of the investment. In other words, if the investor wasn't holding those ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Eight Investment Partners (8IP) has launched its first retail Australian equities fund geared towards capturing environmental/social impact in ASX-listed. Kerry Series, principal and chief investment officer, 8 Investment Partners 8IP seeded the 8IP ...

Australian Ethical Investment makes three new hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... feel very connected to a business that is so aligned to their values." Australian Ethical has hired Deana Mitchell as equities analysts. Mitchell comes to Australian Ethical from Macquarie where she worked for almost 14 years in various roles in equities ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... introduction of an ethical investing portfolio. The ethical investing portfolio is a diversified option and includes Australian equities, international equities, bonds and cash. It has a risk-return profile similar to Acorns' current "Moderately Aggressive" ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... value of engagement through the year as a tool for the fund. Vision Super has also focused on the carbon intensity of its equities portfolio. The fund benchmarked its portfolio against the MSCI Global Carbon Benchmark, and has asked its external managers ...

UCA Funds Management hires Mathew Browning as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... growth in funds under advice. Prior to MFCo, Browning co-founded a boutique asset manager focused on global healthcare equities targeting both wholesale and retail investors. The fund doubled the return of the MSCI World Health Care Index over four years. ...