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Janus Henderson hires chief responsibility officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Dunstan joins from AllianceBernstein, where she has spent the last eighteen years in a variety of roles, including global equities portfolio manager and senior research analyst, and most recently chief responsibility officer. As chief responsibility ...

US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In June, the MOSERS Board of Trustees directed staff to require BlackRock to abstain from voting ...

Podcast: Is gender diversity an alpha signal - with Joanna Nash

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... opportunity. We speak with Realindex Investments senior quantitative portfolio manager Dr Joanna Nash on how the systematic equities manager integrates ESG into their quantitative process and how the issue of gender diversity in company management can ...

IFM hires ESG exec from Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... investment analyst in Mercer's investment team." De Kretser said Hutton's role will support IFM's listed equities team as it continues to develop a sustainable investment strategy, including helping drive IFM's investment stewardship ...

CBA appoints four to Commodities, Trade and Carbon business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) where he served as acting co-head group executive, markets and general manager, equities and commodities. He was previously head of commodities trading in Europe at Standard Chartered. Yasmina Elshafei will join CBA ...

Hejaz Financial Services funds certified responsible invesments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... products in Australia and New Zealand. The four funds certified by RIAA include the Hejaz Global Ethical Fund; the Hejaz Equities Fund, a Halal equities fund targeting 15% p.a. return net of fees also available as the ETF ISLM; the Hejaz Property Fund ...

CareSuper, Yarra Capital fill ESG roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Australasia. "We are incredibly excited to be welcoming Erin to Yarra," said Yarra's executive chairman and head of Australian equities Dion Hershan. "There has never been greater focus on ESG and sustainability matters in financial markets, and Erin's ...

BetaShares SMAs list on Netwealth platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... generally the largest and most liquid from BetaShares' market-leading Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (FAIR). The equities meet BetaShares' strict sustainability and ethical standards. The BetaShares SMAs also includes three multi-asset SMAs, which ...

Missouri pulls BlackRock mandate in anti-ESG move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In a statement, Fitzpatrick's office noted that in June, the MOSERS Board of Trustees directed ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... including two Sharia-compliant ETFs and a positive impact fund. Vanguard Australia has launched a positive impact global equities fund that aims to outperform the broad global equities market with a "measurable impact on global environmental and social ...