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BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... clients are invested are managing these risks effectively. We will also work with a broad range of parties - including asset owners, index providers, and regulatory and multilateral institutions - to advance sustainability in finance." So is this just ...

State Street adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... which will see her lead sales across all of State Street's products and client sectors including asset managers, asset owners, insurance, official institutions and alternatives. Brosnan has over 17-years' experience in sales and business development ...

Industry still shy of flat dollar fees: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... investment managers," she said. "The transfer of power, responsibility and accountability from investment managers to asset owners is well underway." Trafford-Walker added that in the past decade, one of the biggest catalysts for change has been the ...

Fees down across asset classes: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... fee reductions across a number of asset classes, associated with continued pressure on external manager fees from asset owners. The bfinance report found fees for active global equity mandates have fallen by 7% since 2013 and 4% since 2016. Median quoted ...

First State Super enters global equities partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... partnership. "We believe that arrangements of this type will become a global template for future similar partnerships as asset owners such as First State Super look to build out the capability of their teams," he said. The interaction between the two ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... Australian companies manage, disclose and communicate their ESG risks and opportunities, and how Australian institutional asset owners and asset managers are using ESG risk/reward analysis to mitigate risk and provide sources of long-term investment ...

Northern Trust tests waters for ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... [strategies]. In some cases, very targeted around ESG which is certainly an area of interest for superannuation funds and asset owners in this marketplace," Calvitto said. "We believe that presents a great opportunity for us to grow off that strong base ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... governance factors from its managers. "Partnership and an open two-way dialogue are becoming even more important to us. Asset owners face higher scrutiny and as we seek to be a responsible investor through the investments we make, we place more emphasis ...

Super funds recognised in UNPRI awards

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... Group showcases signatories at the "cutting edge of responsible investment" who are in the top 10% of responsible asset owners worldwide, PRI said, and highlights trends in what these signatories are doing. While the Leaders' Group evaluates broad ...

Northern Trust hires from State Street

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... legacy manager and we already know the assets as the custodian [for some clients]," he said. Northern Trust is eyeing asset owners, such the $2.9 trillion superannuation sector and asset managers for the transition management business. Cook reports to ...