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BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... value for our clients." BlackRock Renewable Power, a dedicated franchise under BlackRock Real Assets, has US$5 billion of equity assets under management. The team has invested in more than 250 wind and solar projects globally, with 40 projects in Asia ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The level of board diversity is associated with higher contemporaneous return on equity, and can also be a predictor of a company's ability to protect future profits, according to new research from AXA IM Rosenberg Equities. Kathryn McDonald, director ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... "In 2015, Willis Towers Watson worked with MSCI to develop the MSCI Adaptive Capped Index, and that was a way to capture equity market beta while addressing market concentration. "That was developed in 2015/2016, and then following increased interest ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... for individuals to identify discrepancies in things such as executive remuneration and disclosure. The AXA IM Sustainable Equity Fund actively takes into account such issues when assessing companies in which to invest." The AXA IM Sustainable Equity ...

Nikko AM, ARK Investment Management launch innovation fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... and US-based ARK Investment Management have launched the Nikko AM ARK Global Disruptive Innovation Fund. It's a global equity portfolio solely focused on disruptive innovation, utilising ARK's disruptive innovation strategy; "investing in the leaders ...

Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... report explores how investors are approaching low carbon and green investment opportunities. The report finds that listed equity, fixed income and real estate are the top asset classes most cited by investors as ones where they are currently active or ...

Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... list on the Australia Securities Exchange in September. The index fund and the ETF are part of a new range of ESG-focused equity and bond products being issued in Australia and the US by the firm. Vanguard Australia is the largest provider of ETFs by ...

ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
More than a quarter of ASX100 companies do not have a remuneration policy that covers gender pay equity, although the vast majority have conducted analysis to determination if they are any remuneration gaps between men and women, according to a new ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Investment Management Group Limited. Mathew McCrum, co-founder Omega Global Investors Pinnacle has purchased a minority equity stake in the $4.2 billion Omega, leaving Omega co-founders Andrew Gruskin and Mathew McCrum, together with the Omega team ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... through impact investments, RIAA noted. Other types of impact investments, ranging from social impacts bonds to private equity have grown from $300 million to totalling nearly $1 billion in 2017. After green bonds, investments in property and infrastructure ...