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University endowment fund awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Australian National University's endowment fund has appointed a global manager to run an ESG-focused fixed income strategy. Aberdeen Standard Investments will actively manage Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay for the nearly $1.3 billion endowment ...

Vanguard launches ESG funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... "As responsible investing continues to grow as a global theme, Bloomberg is committed to providing a comprehensive family of ESG-integrated fixed income benchmarks. We are pleased to work with Vanguard on this new ETF for fixed income ESG investors in ...

Vamos departs Regnan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
Pauline Vamos has resigned as chief executive of Regnan, following just 12 months in the role. The ESG research house announced today that Vamos will leave the business to pursue other interests and wished her well in doing so. Regnan said it has commenced ...

Industry fund awards fixed income ESG mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... bond manager a $440 million mandate to invest in global fixed income and credit. Local Government Super has given PIMCO an ESG mandate to invest in global credit and government bonds. PIMCO already holds mandates from LGS. LGS chief investment officer ...

Global asset manager launches smart beta indices

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... intuitive, persistent, and empirical (RIPE). SMARTER stands for: Systematic, multifactor, active measures, resilient, transparent, ESG Inside, and Ripe Factors (SMARTER). The quant team has incorporated ESG throughout the SMARTER Beta range, using data ...

Millennials looking for impact: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... with generation X (52%) and baby boomers (44%) following closely behind. American Century Investments vice president, head of ESG and investment stewardship Guillaume Mascotto, said the research demonstrated the outlook of the next generation of investors. ...

JPMorgan fund excludes tobacco, cuts fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... the fund." J.P. Morgan Asset Management Australia chief executive Rachel Farrell said environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become powerful tools to ensure investments are focused on sustained growth and profitability. "ESG analysis ...

Advisers can help democratise philanthropy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... advisers have the opportunity to broach philanthropic interests with clients. Numerous impact investment solutions in the form of ESG products, donor-advised funds, foundations or trust-type vehicles help align to values, she said. Meanwhile, millennials ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
An international equities fund that holds about $300 million of Aussie insto money is purging itself clean of all investments in tobacco and fossil fuels. Vontobel is a Swiss asset manager with $167 billion in assets under management. About 11.4% of ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... analysed the investment strategies of 112 asset managers. At a broad level, it found 24 managers had a strong approach to ESG integration - comprising $679.3 billion of assets under management, up by 22% year on year. Asset managers surveyed said ESG ...