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ACSI updates gender diversity policy to apply to ASX200 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... ASX200 with only one woman on their board, according to the 30% cClub. "We have set up a new Investment Banking/Private Equity Working Group to seek greater support from business and the investment community, and to increase their contribution towards ...

Investec Asset Management launches Global Environment Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... the screening process, the resulting investment universe is 25 companies, and has "minimal to no overlap with traditional equity allocations such as the FTSE 100 or MSCI All Country World Index and has no exposure to the 100 companies identified as the ...

Australian funds join international controversial weapons call

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... requirement in global indices." IN the open letter, signatories noted that controversial weapons are a marginal part of global equity and fixed income indices, "however, for active investors using standard benchmarks, excluding these companies means ...

Infrastructure Capital Group launches Australian Renewables Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... Finance Corporation (CEFC). Tom Laidlaw, ICG managing director The $100 million investment from the CEFC is its largest equity investment in renewable energy to date. ARIF has commitments of %540 million, making it one of the largest renewable energy ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... said Nick Edgerton portfolio manager for sustainable strategies at Stewart Investors. Stewart Investors is primarily an equity fund manager, covering Asia Pacific, emerging markets, worldwide and sustainable investment strategies, primarily based in ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has launched the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund "invests in companies with sound sustainability profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses," ...

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 ...