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New head of ESG at American Century

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... sustainable investing. Sarah Bratton Hughes joined the firm on January 3, and will also lead the ESG and investment stewardship team at American Century. "Over the past five years, we have made tremendous progress in our environmental, social and governance ...

FSC names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... the council. In her time, Loane oversaw the development of the Asia Funds Passport, two Life Insurance Codes and the Stewardship Code for fund managers. Loane was grilled at the Hayne Royal Commission where she struggled to answer basic questions about ...

SSGA creates regional ESG role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... she worked as an ESG specialist for over five years, leading the firm's ESG policy formation, implementation and stewardship, and before that was the head of Asia for responsible investment at Mercer Investments. "ESG investing represents over a ...

Sunsuper moves $20bn mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... Barnes said. "SSGA has a comprehensive approach to ESG investing and integration supported by a well-resourced ESG and stewardship team. We believe that SSGA will offer world leading capability, flexibility and alignment that should enhance overall investment ...

CFA Institute launches new ESG standard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... characteristics compare with the index (rather than just comparing performance to the index). The standards also outline how stewardship activities and impact investments should be disclosed to investors so that the aim, outcomes, and progress of these ...

Fidelity moves on net zero

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... we invest in to reduce emissions in alignment with global net zero targets," Fidelity International global head of stewardship and sustainable investment Jenn-Hui Tan said. "Fidelity invests in many of the world's leading companies and we want to use ...

Sally Loane resigns as FSC chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... several key industry projects including the development of the Asia Funds Passport, two Life Insurance Codes and the Stewardship Code for fund managers. Loane said she has been privileged to lead the FSC, representing its 111 members across superannuation ...

VFMC investment stewardship lead exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
The head of investment stewardship at VFMC has departed, with an interim replacement appointed. VFMC has confirmed the departure of Talieh Williams, its head of investment stewardship for the last 18 months. Williams joined VFMC in February 2020 from ...

UBS names country head from BlackRock

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... Women's Initiative Australasia and at the firm's Philanthropic Committee as well as seats on BlackRock's Asia Pacific Stewardship Committee and a number of diversity and mentoring initiatives. Telfer is currently a member of the Financial Services Council ...

BlackRock votes against CBA resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... a CBA shareholder resolution which asked the bank to stop funding fossil fuel projects. "BIS [BlackRock Investment Stewardship] voted AGAINST the resolution as it is overly prescriptive and risks unduly constraining management's ability to make business ...