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Cbus awards $240m mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... Impax senior portfolio manager Jon Foster said Impax is looking forward to partnering with Cbus on the mandate. "Asset owners are increasingly prioritising climate change mitigation and considering climate risk in their investment decisions," he said. ...

Foresight Analytics acquires research firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... announced a strategic partnership with London and Boston based Style Analytics Group which enables asset managers, asset owners and consultants to build objective and comprehensive factor analysis on markets, peers, and portfolios.

Global net zero framework launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... for improving alignments via strategic asset allocation and how to approach different asset classes. A further 22 asset owners used the publication of the framework to commit to achieving net-zero by 2050 or prior. This brings the total number of investors ...

Frontier zeroes in on poor culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... firm's investment governance team is currently finalising research that examines culture more rigorously, and why asset owners and advisers should embed culture and its assessment into manager research. The findings will be published in an upcoming ...

Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... governance (ESG) considerations dominated MSCI's Investment Insights 2021 survey. Around 200 executives at different asset owners were surveyed by phone late last year, representing sovereign wealth funds, insurers, endowments/foundations and pension ...

Super concerns over legislation: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... volatility and less exposure to private assets," he later told Financial Standard. "The conversations that I'm having with asset owners more broadly is that some have increased their passive exposure and some have adjusted their asset allocation to be ...

BNP Paribas to offer initial margin services

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... September 2016, with the sixth and final phase set for September 2022 after a year-long deferral in April 2020. "Asset owners can have a challenging time when implementing initial margin requirements due to the size of their derivative positions and ...

WA Super trio launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... commercial focus of the highest-grade investment consulting capability is towards serving the needs of very large asset owners. We believe that by combining our strategic partnership with Frontier, the right technology investment and a nimble approach ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... BlackRock's 2020 Global Sustainable Investing Survey, which asked corporate pension funds, public pension funds, asset owners, insurance companies, endowments and more about their ESG priorities. The findings were predictable in that 54% consider sustainable ...

WTW calls for more investment in China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... diversification benefits and attractive alpha opportunities for global investors. It said the research demonstrates why asset owners should consider Chinese equities as a stand-alone allocation. "Geopolitical tensions and negative rhetoric are overshadowing ...