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New equity partners at Tribeca unit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
The former head of global resources at Colonial First State Asset Management is joining Tribeca Global Natural Resources as an equity partner and head of research. Todd Warren has 22 years of experience and most recently was the portfolio manager for ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... report's authors propose that one way to ensure funds' voting better aligns with their public claims would be to mandate that proxy voting records be public for super funds. Just 18 of the 50 largest funds disclose a complete proxy voting record. ...

Industry fund appoints administrator

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... superannuation fund is set to go live with an automated superannuation administration service in early 2021 after inking a mandate with the firm. GuildSuper, the industry super fund for 80,000 people working in the pharmacy, childcare, veterinary and ...

Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
A survey of 110 pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies worldwide has revealed the new priority position ESG is taking in asset allocation. The survey was produced by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable ...

VFMC appoints head of equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Victoria Funds Management Corporation has promoted a senior portfolio manager to head of equities, and hired from outside the company to fill the vacant role. Michael Stavropoulos has been named VFMC's head of equities after an internal recruitment ...

Super fund awards global equities mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A $43 billion superannuation fund has awarded a concentrated global equities mandate to Neuberger Berman. State Super has handed Neuberger Berman an undisclosed sum, following a tender process to identify managers that could play a differentiated role ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
QSuper will take the management of its social responsible investment option in house and has changed the definition of pandemic illness. AMP Capital will no longer manage QSuper's socially responsible investment option as of 1 July 2020. "This change ...

Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
A Legg Mason boutique that manages $20 billion has launched a new sustainable equity strategy that will use proprietary sustainability analysis instead of just relying on negative screening. Martin Currie Australia Sustainable Equity Strategy will be ...

Pendal awards registry mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... five-plus-five-year agreement with Pendal to provide the latter's outsourced registry services following a tender process. The mandate includes $19 billion in funds under administration as at March end and over 2800 investors, Mainstream said in company ...

HESTA awards investment data mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... GoldenSource said. The software company underwent a rigorous selection process, it said, to beat out its competitors for the mandate. HESTA executive of investment execution Gerard Brown said the incorporation of GoldenSource technology will help future-proof ...