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Impact investing in healthcare: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... of unmet medical needs that should in turn generate returns." The fund measures its portfolio impact against the UN Sustainable Development Goal Three - good health and wellbeing. Li noted the portfolio has four impact themes which are: innovation that ...

ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... important resilience factor in times of crisis are, at best, premature," they said. In August, Morningstar's Global Sustainable Fund Flows report examined 3432 sustainable open-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across the globe in the second ...

Global fund manager enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... operates purely in the ESG space, offering global, multi-cap equity strategies focused on addressing United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It has offices in New York, Boston and Toronto. Promethos's investment strategies include investing ...

Northern Trust launches ESG capability

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... analytics to add to their annual disclosures. The information would support client in determining if they are meeting sustainable investment goals and satisfying regulatory requirements, Northern Trust said. Northern Trust product lead of investment ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... government policy, to deliver the best and fairest outcomes for all Australians. We need policy and outcomes that are sustainable." As a solution, the paper suggests reviewing the rate of unemployment benefits, tightening superannuation tax concessions ...

K2 Asset Management reports loss

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... senior management. Expenses continued to be reduced and right sized where needed whilst working to build a path for sustainable revenue," it said in a statement. K2 this year hired George Boubouras as the head of research. It also flagged recently established ...

Bloomberg launches ESG ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... companies, as well as board composition scores for 4300 companies across multiple industries. Bloomberg global head of sustainable finance solutions Patricia Torres said Bloomberg saw and took advantage of an opportunity to provide transparent scoring ...

Cash earnings fall, MLC sale pending: NAB

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... executing fewer, more important projects. This will make a real difference to how well we serve customers and drive sustainable performance." The third quarter results, including slightly higher expenses as well as a 5% lift in credit impairment charges ...

CEFC makes first foray into industrial investments

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... Fund has nabbed the government investment, which is set to help the Australian property group implement innovative sustainable solutions across the fund's assets. The CEFC invests $10 billion on behalf of the Australian government to assist in the country's ...

Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... since 1993 and are seeing increased demand from advisers and their clients for investments with a focus on ethical and sustainable businesses that exhibit sound environmental, social and governance practices," McKay said. The minimum investment size ...