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Former BlackRock exec to head up new BMO operation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Canadian firm BMO Financial Group (BMO) will expand its asset management business into Australia, operating as BMO Global Asset Management. BMO's Australian branch will be based in Melbourne under the direction of Ravi Sriskandarajah, the former head ...

Advisers must ask clients about SRI investing: Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... investments are aligned with their personal values. However, the majority of financial planners say that they rarely get asked about SRI products. Vernon believes that engagement should begin with the adviser and, moreover, thinks that the current wording ...

Fewer managers drive lower fees at legalsuper

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... Investment fees for the cash and Australian shares investment options remain unchanged after the review, and the fee for the fund's SRI option has actually increased slightly, from 0.80% to 0.86%. However, investment fees for the fund's default investment ...

Two ANZ appointments for merged Asia/Pac business

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... 30 years with Standard Chartered Bank in senior executive roles covering the Middle East, North America, Africa, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Singapore. PlantA(C) and Mohan's new roles are effective 1 November 2012.

AEI shareholders fight off board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... Standard understands the flashpoint was caused by differences of opinion regarding how the fifth ranked $621 million ethical/SRI investment manager should respond to changes in the wealth management market, but in a way that would preserve the core beliefs ...

Investment FUM nears $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... Australian fixed (up 12%) and active extension (up 11%). The five slowest growing asset classes over the year were ethical/SRI which contracted 29%, "other" assets not including PE, hedge funds and private equity (down 14%), listed property and Australian ...

FUM market slides back to $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... recovering a whopping 33% since its March 2009," revealed the researcher. The five fastest growing asset classes are ethical/SRI, hedge funds, international property, international fixed and Australian equities. The cash weighting across the FUM market ...

Perpetual fund downgraded after resignation

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Perpetual's Wholesale Ethical SRI fund has been downgraded by ratings house van Eyk, after portfolio manager Simon Bridger resigned. Van Eyk has taken the fund off "hold" status and moved it from an "A" rating to a "BB" rating. Briana Lam, senior investment ...

ETF provider soothes market over risk issues

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Exchange traded fund provider iShares has moved to reassure the market that Australian ETFs are not risky in the wake of warnings from global authorities about transparency and leverage issues. The Financial Stability Board, an international watch-dog ...

Europe to follow Australian sustainability lead

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... industry that responsible investment is now the norm for Australian pension funds." According to UKSIF, in Europe the total SRI assets under management increased from a,-2.7 trillion to a,-5 trillion in the two years up to December 31, 2009. While no ...