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LaSalle joins 2050 club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... creating positive, powerful change." The ULI Greenprint net zero carbon goal is designed to meaningfully reduce the built environment's impact on climate change beyond existing efforts. It encourages portfolio-wide carbon reductions via deep energy efficiency ...

Morphic co-founder exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
Chad Slater has resigned from Morphic Asset Management, a year after Ellerston Capital bought a stake in the business. Slater's portfolio management responsibilities will go to Ellerston co-head of global equities Bill Pridham. He has also resigned ...

Self-licensing on the horizon

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... advisers need to apply more scrutiny, including probing as to how licensees are adapting to the changing regulatory environment. With grandfathered commissions ceasing from 1 January 2021, Cullen said advisers need to ensure licensees have the necessary ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
As more environmental, social and governance (ESG) and impact investment products become available to investors, it is integral that advisers become familiar with them, according to AXA Investment Managers and Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Northern Trust scores $20bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Northern Trust has been awarded a $19.8 billion pension fund mandate by a leading retailer, replacing a longstanding partnership with State Street. Marks & Spencer's Pension Trust appointed Northern Trust to provide asset servicing solutions, such ...

Vanguard launches new ESG offerings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... companies with conduct that contravenes the principles of the UN Global Compact pertaining to labour rights, human rights, environment and anti-corruption. "In this range, we are focused on delivering funds that screen for the evolving needs and preferences ...

QIC strengthens sustainability leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... experience in sustainability roles, having also previously served as manager, corporate sustainability strategy at ANZ and environment manager at Transurban Group. Schulz also spent over three years at ExxonMobil, working in its global remediation team ...

Financial advice more important than ever: HUB24

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... provider said business development activity across all states is continuing as advisers have adapted to the current environment and it continues to leverage growth opportunities from within its existing customer base while actively pursuing new relationships. ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... is dead, just because it has underperformed growth in recent years," Wei said. "In fact, it's to be expected in an environment where a handful of outlier stocks have inflated the index, fuelled by investor sentiment and easy monetary policy." The paper ...

Leadership spills spell new era: RIAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... that there is now an expectation among investors and the community that companies factor in people, society and the environment alongside financial performance and that this will help them better navigate turbulent times, avoid big risks and capture ...