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XTBs to be delisted following collapse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
... inception, XTB has continued to grow its offering. It ventured into the separately managed account space in 2017 and introduced an ESG fixed income portfolio in 2018. The XTBs were also hosted on Macquarie Wrap, HUB24 and Praemium. EQT confirmed that ...

American Century unveils new global strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
... global investment manager first began "socially responsible" investing by way of exclusions in 2006. Today, it offers nine ESG-focused products, with nearly US$7.3 billion in assets under management (AUM).

SPDR slashes fees on six ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... international ETFs, are effective from today. Firstly, the $4.6 billion SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund (STW) and the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund (E200) will see an annual management fee reduction of more than 60%, from 0.13% to 0.05%. Meanwhile, the SPDR MSCI Australia ...

GESB debuts first sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
The West Australian scheme is now offering members a dedicated ESG option, managed by Pendal. The Sustainable Balanced investment plan was made available to members of GESB Super, West State Super and Retirement Income Allocated Pension members on September ...

Rainmaker names ESG leader super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
Fifteen superannuation funds have been named ESG Leaders by Rainmaker Information. The ESG Leader Rating is earned by Australia's best super funds that are implementing environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles to a high level, while ...

US regulator fines DWS US$25m for greenwashing, AML offences

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... the case of greenwashing, the SEC found that DWS made "materially misleading statements about its controls for incorporating ESG factors into research and investment recommendations for ESG integrated products, including certain actively managed mutual ...

Responsible investment AUM drops: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... important that you have those pillars in place where you are differentiating between what is now mainstream - what I would call ESG - and those who I would consider leaders in this space," Willis said. In addition, RIAA's report also broke down assets ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires Tim Unger

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... said. Binu Kapoor has also joined the team as a portfolio analyst, arriving from Sustainalytics, where she was manager of ESG advisory for Asia Pacific. "Our focus is to continue to hire talented people with diverse experience across our multiple locations. ...

Managed accounts FUM hits $162bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... The other winners were DNR Capital (Australian equities), Infinity Asset Management (Aussie equities small caps), Lonsec (ESG), Franklin Templeton (international equities), Shaw and Partners (fixed interest), Drummond Capital Partners (multi-asset) and ...

Ironbark launches global infrastructure fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... a long-term lens." A seasoned professional in the infrastructure asset class, Osorio added the importance of incorporating ESG throughout the investment lifecycle. For example, the fund doesn't have any carbon generation energy investments. "We deliberately ...