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Investor backing for Say on Climate votes: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... resolutions at companies they held in 2021: Abrdn (18), AllianceBernstein (16), Allianz Global Investors (18), APG (16), BlackRock (19), Capital Group (10), Fidelity (11), Goldman Sachs (13), JP Morgan (13), Morgan Stanley (12), Pendal Group (3), State ...

Responsible investment funds surge past $100 billion: Plan For Life

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... over $1.5bn over the year (and collectively accounted for 40% of the market. They were Vanguard, BetaShares, Pendal, BlackRock and Russell. Among the top 10 companies by funds under management FUM specialist ETF provider BetaShares was the fastest growing ...

IGCC names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Kong, Europe and Australia. She has previously been the director, investor initiative at IGCC, and has held roles at BlackRock, Nomura International and Exxon Mobil. Dunne pointed to Mikula-Wright's insights from Asian economies, noting that those countries ...

Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... advisor, at the nexus between asset owners and corporations," said Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive officer, BlackRock. "Helping investors prepare their portfolios and capture investment opportunities on the path to net zero is one of our greatest ...

Say on climate a "milestone moment" for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... continues to press for disclosure in company engagements, said Iris Davila head of investment stewardship, BlackRock Australia. "We have been discussing this with companies, to provide us with better transparency and disclosure on their climate plan," ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... firm's engagement with thousands of companies annually, said Iris Davila, head of investment stewardship, BlackRock Australia. Board composition, effectiveness, and accountability remain a top priority, BlackRock said, because governance issues require ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... growth in signatories since the initiative launched in 2017. In 2020, three of the top twenty asset managers - including BlackRock, SSGA and Invesco - joined the initiative. The initiative now includes 545 investors with USD $52 trillion. These investors ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
BlackRock has increased its engagement by nearly half this year, and increased the number of votes against directors in invested companies, according to its 2020 BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS) report. BlackRock's report details their activities ...

RealIndex appoints former Acadian executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... quantitative investment experience including senior roles at Acadian, 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 ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... market. The remaining eight funds consist of three funds provided by BetaShares, two by VanEck, and one fund each by BlackRock (iShares), Russell, and State Street. "It's fair to say that the passive retail market is dominated by a few players," ...