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Former energy minister nabs role at investment group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... leadership, Corbell said the advocacy body would push for energy market reform as the country shifts towards a more sustainable future. "The Clean Energy Investor Group's vision is for a strong, investable national electricity market where competitive ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... downgraded from bronze to neutral. Morningstar also initiated coverage of two strategies following the review; the Altius Sustainable Bond Fund (neutral) and BetaShares Legg Mason Australian Bond ETF (silver). The Altius strategy is "run by experienced ...

Lack of transparency in ESG funds criticised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... transparency. "The traditional ESG approach tends to be more about process and less about outcomes," Lonsec head of sustainable investment research Tony Adams said. "ESG fund managers tend to look at sustainability factors in terms of the risks they ...

IOOF names licensee chiefs, acquires platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... the employed, self-employed and self-licensed segments, as we support them to create greater efficiencies and more sustainable business models," Whereat said. "The assurance and governance programs implemented across our advice network has provided us ...

Industry funds triumph July performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... Vision Super returning 1.5% and WA Super third. For the growth investment option in personal and workplace, UniSuper's sustainable high growth came in first over one, three, five, seven and 10 years with returns of 4.7%, 10.3%, 10.4% and 9.8% respectively. ...

QBE chief exits after workplace complaint

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... Mesurier, AMP Capital global chief investment officer David Allen, head of Australian equities Genevieve Murray, head of sustainable equities investments Emily Woodland. AMP New Zealand's managing director and chief economist Bevan Graham and head of ...

Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... the next 12 months because we're highly active and have been able to rotate into the companies that have emerged as sustainable dividend payers, if you're active you can still get strong yield," Hamson said.

Argo Infrastructure posts $9.3m loss, but increases dividends

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... share, up from 6.5 cents per share in 2019. This 15.38% increase, demonstrates the company's commitment to generative sustainable total returns to shareholders, it said. Argo's portfolio typically invests in 50 to 100 global listed infrastructure securities ...

ESG investors overreact to negative news

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... ESG news is leaked early as cumulative abnormal returns began occurring several days before this news was announced. Sustainable and responsible investment assets in Australia and New Zealand are the highest of the 23 countries studied at 63.2%of total ...

AMP Capital's door keeps revolving

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... including global chief investment officer of equities David Allen, head of Australian equities Genevieve Murray, head of sustainable investments for equities Emily Woodland, chair John Fraser and group chair David Murray. It comes at the same time as ...