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Pushing ahead on gender parity in investment: Future IM/Pact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Beattie said. Beattie cites three structural barriers that need to be overcome to improve gender diversity: front office investing teams are small, turnover is necessarily low and junior roles require at least two years' related work experience. ...

Future Super in $6 billion acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... mindset led us to search for opportunities for longevity and sustainable growth. Future Super is at the heart of ethical investing in Australia and, like smartMonday, has an excellent track record of delivering returns for members. A partnership with ...

Emerging HNW seek ESG, ethical investments: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... $2.5m (excluding super, house, business, net of debt, including SMSF). Emerging HNW investors place more importance on investing in companies with good ethical and ESG standards than their ultra HNW (UHNW) counterparts, the survey found. Half of this ...

SSGA hires from CareSuper for APAC ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... specialist to fill it. In the new role, Xinting Jia report globally to Karen Wong, global head of ESG and Sustainable Investing, and regionally to Michele Barlow, head of Strategy and Research for Asia Pacific. "ESG investing represents over a third ...

Strong return for ESG funds, but oil ETF shines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... term returns. "Anything can do well in the short term," he said. "As a financial adviser, as an investor, if we're investing ten-plus years. We should be investing for the themes, not investing in the headwinds, and investing in things with tailwinds ...

Tracking sustainability as quantitative strategy: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... biased to an ESG index. In both cases the products were heavily underweight to the value style, the research found. Value investing has underperformed growth and quality in the five years to June 2021 but has outperformed by a significant amount more ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... all management fees to remain as they currently are. The changes are also in response to the growing popularity of ESG investing and the acceleration of the local ETF market, with ASX data showing more than $2 billion has been invested in ESG ETFs in ...

Super funds that invest responsibly draw market share: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... management. "What it confirms is that this ongoing increasing sophistication of approach in the way that responsible investing is being integrated and managed and measured for outcomes," said RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor. "We've seen quite a strong step-up ...

ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Responsible investing is the fastest growing priority area for advisers, according to new research from Investment Trends. Advisers have identified three challenges - ESG, capital protection and mounting compliance burden, according to the 2021 Adviser ...

Perpetual launches active ESG ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Share Fund, managed by portfolio manager Thomas Rice is designed to provide investors with long-term capital growth by investing in a hand-picked portfolio of shares in global companies that are benefiting from changes in technology and innovation. "IDEA ...