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Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... carbon risk in portfolios have a new tool to score carbon exposure across 30,000 funds globally. Introduction of the Morningstar portfolio Carbon Risk Score aims to move beyond carbon footprinting to provide an assessment of carbon risks and investment ...

Kapstream creates new fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... comes at a time when investors have been drawn to the Kapstream Absolute Return Income strategy and similar products. Morningstar's fixed-interest sector wrap for March 2018 said: "The popularity of a handful of more-flexible, or unconstrained, bond ...

Milliman hires for greater adviser exposure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
A former head of adviser solutions at Morningstar Australasia is taking on a newly created role at Milliman. Andrew Whelan has been appointed as director, adviser services at the actuarial firm. He will be responsible for spearheading the development ...

Morningstar fuels fund ratings with AI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Morningstar is using artificial intelligence to power its funds rating process to rate more than 10,000 products. The research house has launched Quantitative Rating, a machine learning and quant-driven system that boasts the ability to rate funds at ...

IOOF corporate development GM joins Australian Ethical

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... director finance, India and Asia-Pacific at S&P, chief operating officer at Ibbotson associates, head of research at Morningstar and senior audit manager superannuation with Ernst & Young. She is also currently a director at Ord Minnett and Perennial ...

Eaton Vance subsidiary appoints COO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... long-term growth of Calvert's business." Last year, Calvert announced it would be assisting in underwriting the launch of Morningstar's program to better prepare financial advisers for incorporating sustainable investing into advice practices, along ...

IOOF research boss tenders resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... "strengthened its research function through a combination of recruiting additional experienced staff and partnering with both Morningstar, for direct equities support, and Lonsec for managed funds support to provide additional capabilities." Before IOOF ...

Parametric appoints product manager from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... that, she was a senior research analyst at the Investment Innovation Institute in Singapore, a senior consultant with Morningstar, a senior consulting analyst at Russell Investments and a ratings analyst at S&P. Parametric Australia chief executive Chris ...

Managed accounts here for the long haul

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... increasing amount of advised clients will be using managed portfolios in some form. Speaking in a panel session at the Morningstar investment strategy day in Melbourne, Entwistle said technology will also improve the customisation for both financial ...

Morningstar secures $337bn portfolio disclosure commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
Morningstar Australasia has received voluntary commitment from more than half of its client base to deliver full investment portfolio holdings disclosure ahead of regulatory requirements. At a Morningstar Australasia investment strategy day in Melbourne ...