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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 ...

ESG bond portfolio opens to Aussie investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
A Scottish manager is offering a new ESG fixed income fund to institutional investors in Australia, beginning with $135 million in assets under management. The Cameron Hume Global Fixed Income ESG Fund will hold securities from issuers that the specialist ...

The case for indexed annuity bonds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... investing becomes mainstream. "Trustees have increasingly made more explicit commitments to monitoring the risks posed by ESG issues and making positive impacts in their choice of investments. These fulfil their fiduciary obligations to seek the best ...

Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... Rest said it is unable to comment on ongoing legal matters but that it requires all of its investment managers to consider ESG risks when investing in order to deliver competitive long-term returns for members. This includes climate change, the fund ...