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Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Secret affairs, sexual harassment, and systemic abuses of power by chief executives and senior leaders have the potential to erode investment returns, according to Acadian Asset Management. Events like these can shake company valuations, demonstrating ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... portfolio manager for public markets strategy. Castles has a strong background in portfolio management, specifically with equity index and equity quantitative products, having spent over a decade in similar roles at First Sentier Investors' quant ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... investors, this collaboration showcases how climate, sustainability and financial objectives can be combined in a custom index with low tracking error, low turnover and low cost," Robeco head of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Stephen Dennis said. ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... league tables. It returned 8.7% over the three years to November 2024, and 24.4% over 12 months. Tracking the MSCI World Index, the option excludes nuclear energy and uranium, old growth forest logging, tobacco, weapons, and banks and new fossil fuel ...

Meta fact-checking move unsettles ethical investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... which do not include a screen that applies to social media platforms. Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index ETF, and Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index have holdings in Meta. The Dimensional Global Sustainability ...

Real Asset Management taps DWS sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... he led Australian sales and marketing at Research Affiliates, a California-based asset manager. He also served as head of index and multi-asset distribution for LGIM in London, part of the FTSE 100-listed Legal & General Group. He previously held senior ...

Most-read articles of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... greenwashing interventions released in September highlighted a flaw in ESG ratings as a reliable metric for fund managers, a global index provider says. Read here. Investors exit climate group amid politicisation Climate Action 100+ lost two more asset ...

Climate ETF smashes global record

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Varma. The Invesco MSCI Global North America Climate ETF (KLMN) tracks the MSCI Global Climate 500 North America Selection Index, an index of North American companies from the MSCI ACWI Select Climate 500 Index. It targets themes like greenhouse gas ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... seven years. Warwick Schneller will lead Australia and New Zealand investment solutions at the smart factor, ESG and climate index provider. At the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA), U Ethical stewardship head Rachel Alembakis ...

Future Group ramps up screening

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... asset risks associated with fossil fuel companies and other harmful industries," Davis said. Scientific Beta deputy CEO and index director Daniel Aguet said the strategy "relies on our expertise to integrate sustainability considerations into multi-factor ...