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ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Rainmaker's data set returned +2.3% in the past 12 months, and 7.5% over the past three years. The universe contains a mix of equity, bond, and diversified strategies covering both Australian and global markets. Australian Ethical's Emerging ...

First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... closely together, and there was a lot of sharing of ideas between investment teams," FSI identified high level risks in the equity and fixed income investment teams in consumer discretionary - in particular retailers, apparel and technology; health care ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... investments such as property with six-star energy ratings, essential worker affordable housing, as well as our private equity initiatives such as our recent investments in battery storage businesses." Earlier this year Aware Super announced ambitious ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... head of product at Vanguard Australia. "The complement to the products we launched today - the Ethically Conscious global equity and global bond funds, have been in the market for about 2 years now." Vanguard Australia manages $3.5 billion across its ...

Fund manager creates, hires for ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... "We're excited about the future," said Johan Carlberg, Alphinity principal and CEO. "Five years ago we added the global equity team which has demonstrated the strength of our investment process in international equity markets. With the recent additions ...

Call for education on difference between sustainable, impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Impact Fund, which is managed by global fund manager American Century Investments. The American Century Health Care Impact Equity fund, managed by Michael Li, seeks quality stocks by incorporating acceleration, relative strength, and valuation, and currently ...

Strong inflows to sustainable option: Stockspot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Leaders ETF (FAIR), BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Sustainable Equity ETF (ESGI). The weighted average ETF fees for the Sustainable Portfolios ranges from 0.31% - 0.43% pa.? Stockspot's goal ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... outperformed companies with lower ESG scores, according to Bank of America. Good ESG companies typically have better return on equity, lower earnings volatility and lower share price volatility, according to Sameer Chopra, head of Asia ESG research at ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... true also in Australia, although super funds that search hard enough can get useful rules-based ESG screens and tilts on equity portfolios (as opposed to fully integrated, actively researched ESG insights), with reporting transparency, without fee increases. ...

Superannuation funds accelerate climate action: ClimateWorks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds owned almost half of Australia's shares; by 2040, experts suggest they will own 60% of ASX-listed equity," said Anna Skarbek, ClimateWorks Australia CEO. "That means the decisions they make matter enormously to the rapid decarbonisation ...