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Strong flow of new ESG funds brought to market: Equity Trustees

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
There is a strong issuance of funds with explicit ESG themes being brought to market by responsible entity provider Equity Trustees. Equity Trustees has said that of the 100 funds that they launched over the past 24 months, 34% were global equity funds ...

AXA IM launches two sustainable funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers have brought two new responsible investment funds to the Australian market. The AXA IM Global Green Bond fund and the AXA IM Clean Economy Equity Fund are designed to offer wholesale investors access to sustainable portfolios. ...

Financial inclusion as risk and opportunity: Principal Financial Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Financial exclusion is both a global risk and an opportunity, with Principal Financial Group announcing it is establishing an index to undercover key drivers of financial exclusion in more than 40 markets. The Global Financial Inclusion Index is being ...

Budget "misses opportunity" to address sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The 2022 federal budget has been labelled a "missed opportunity" or a "massive missed opportunity" on areas including climate and sustainable development. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, the 2022 Federal Budget delivered a cash ...

Apostle Funds Management launches people and planet fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Apostle Funds Management (AFM) has launched a diversified fund that will seek positive impact in social and environmental areas. The People and Planet Diversified Fund has attracted seed investment from Statewide Super, soon to merge with Hostplus. ...

New Forests Asia fund reaches $120 million first close

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies investment manager New Forests has reached first close of its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) with US$120 million of capital commitments. Investors in the first close include sovereign wealth ...

YFYS, tracking error a challenge to ESG adoption: Parametric

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG investing into a superannuation portfolio can increase tracking error, raising concerns that ESG could lead super funds to negative outcome against the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test. However, Global implementation specialist ...

American Century launches small cap fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed by American Century Investments The strategy is linked to Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing and focuses on several specific parts of the healthcare and medical sector.

Australian Unity appoints head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Australian Unity has hired its first head of responsible investment and stewardship. Matthew Moore, who joined Australian Unity on 10 January, will build upon Australian Unity's progress in the ongoing development and implementation of a best-in-class ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, added $4.1 billion of eligible sustainable assets to its Sustainability Bond Programme in the 2021 financial year. In its most recent sustainability report ...