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The top ESG themes for 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... made some progress but still lag in their transition to net zero. Robeco wants to make its assets under management carbon neutral by 2050. This forms part of wider international pledges to meet the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming ...

IFM Investors PE portfolio carbon neutral

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
IFM Investors' is celebrating having achieved carbon neutrality across its entire private equity portfolio. The portfolio's status is fully certified by Climate Active, which represents the Australian government's certification standard, IFM Investors ...

T. Rowe Price launches two new products

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... because of the breadth and quality of its global research platform; and in particular, to shift from growth to a more style-neutral strategy as inflation concerns challenge corporate valuations. This partnership has delivered exceptional results for ...

Team turnover sees AMP Capital funds downgraded

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
AMP Capital has had two multi-sector funds downgraded from neutral to negative by Morningstar, with the research house citing staff turnover as the reason for the downgrades. The AMP Capital Core Retirement Fund and AMP Capital Multi-Asset fund were ...

ISPT on track to carbon positive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
ISPT is closer to becoming carbon positive by 2025 by surrendering 97,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units. One ACCU represents one metric tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is either stored or avoided by a project registered with the federal government's ...

Morrison & Co launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... investors with an 8-10% per annum gross USD return, and will take a responsible investment approach, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050. "We are seeing a continued evolution in the infrastructure market globally, and as an asset class it continues to ...

More mergers, minimal awareness: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
... engaged members who took part were positive about possible future fund consolidation, while others were more likely to be neutral. Asked what changes they experienced due to the merger, engaged members cited things such as lower fees, greater availability ...

Governments must act on net zero: Morningstar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... are currently 128 asset managers with US$43 trillion in assets under management that have pledged to achieve a carbon neutral investment strategy by 2050 or sooner under the banner of the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. The survey comes after FINSIA ...

Future Fund hits $199 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... policies. "Given this environment the board has taken a prudent approach to positioning the portfolio with risk levels at a neutral setting around the middle of the range we would normally expect," Costello said. Chief executive Raphael Arndt added that ...

Gender equality perception differs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... 58% of men believe organisations are transparent compared to 18% of women. Further to this, 77% of male respondents were neutral, agreed or strongly agreed that the pay gap was grossly exaggerated, compared to 40% of women. "The strong differences between ...