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Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... of the big influences on investment conditions in the next 12 months," Lacaille said. Lacaille said that high quality equities and staples are expected to do better, while sectors such as healthcare, which have contributed heavily to the outperformance ...

BetaShares to launch ethical diversified ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... it." BetaShares dominates the ESG ETP sector in Australia with 73% of funds under management in three ETPs - the global equities-focused ethical ETF ETHI, the Australian equities-focused ethical ETF, FAIR, and the global fixed income ETF, GBND. ETHI ...

ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... "That same correlation still exists, and the same linearity exists as well." The correlation holds consistent across equities and credit, Tan explained. "We found this to be a really positive outcome," Tan said during a recent webinar. "Obviously, we're ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... staff. Hedge funds that apply macro strategies find ESG integration "especially challenging," while those built on public equities and corporate debt find it easier to integrate ESG, according to BNP Paribas. For the hedge funds that do integrate ESG ...

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 ...