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BetaShares launches currency-hedged version of ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... products meanwhile grew 76% pa from $325 million to $1.8 billion." The ESG ETP sector is has five participants - BetaShares, Russell Investments, Vanguard, VanEck, and InvestSMART. UBS Asset Management withdrew from the Australian ETP market in May 2020. ...

ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... products meanwhile grew 76% pa from $325 million to $1.8 billion." The ESG ETP sector is has five participants - BetaShares, Russell Investments, Vanguard, VanEck, and InvestSMART. UBS Asset Management withdrew from the Australian ETP market in May 2020. ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... climate-related proposals (138 out of 686 proposals) between 2017 and 2019: Cbus, AustralianSuper, BT Financial Group, Media Super, Russell Investments, First State Super, UniSuper and AMP. The point of the research is not to see all superannuation funds ...

Accounting bodies develop guidelines for disclosing to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... The discussion paper for these recommendations was released in October 2019. Jointly authored by Professor Carol Adams, Russell Picot and Paul Druckman, the recommendations are grouped into four themes - management approach, strategy, governance and ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... the distance to reach the modelled emissions needed to meet a 2 degree alignment resulting in a lower weighting in FTSE Russell's new Climate WGBI - an index which adjusts the weightings of 22 developed market government bonds to reduce climate risk ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has hired Helena Fung as head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, a newly created role. Helena Fung, head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, FTSE Russell Fung will be responsible for FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment indexes ...

VFMC hires Talieh Williams as head of investment stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... stewardship. Talieh Williams A spokesperson for VMFC confirmed that Williams will join the fund 3 February and will report to CIO Russell Clarke. Williams worked for UniSuper as manager of governance and sustainable investment from 2008 through 2019. ...

Consultation paper seeks comment on disclosure of SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... disclosing for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Professor Carol Adams Jointly authored by Professor Carol Adams, Russell Picot and Paul Druckman, Recommendations for SDG Disclosures: A consultation paper is grouped into four themes - management ...

Australian funds join international controversial weapons call

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... statement calling on index providers to remove controversial weapons from mainstream indices. The open letter was sent to FTSE Russell, Morningstar, MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices and STOXX. The initiative began in Switzerland and is coordinated by Swiss ...

Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Vanguard Australia has licenses a new "values aligned" index from FTSE Russell the FTSE Developed ex Australia ex Non-Renewable Energy/Vice Products/Weapons Index. The index will form the basis for two Vanguard ESG-related products. It is the first ...