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US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... bid to increase and encourage peer-to-peer trading activity in the securities lending and repo markets to benefit asset owners. California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), Ohio Public Employees ...

AustralianSuper throws weight behind SDG platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... of our time, as described in the SDGs," PGGM chief investment manager Eloy Lindeijer said. "By collaborating with asset owners from different continents we hope that this SDI AOP will contribute to being a global standard for investors.'' The ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' Asset Ownership Stewardship Code too. Principle 2 of the code states: "Asset owners should publicly disclose their policy for voting at company meetings and voting activity." Media Super, MTAA Super ...

Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Nearly six in 10 (57%) of these asset owners can envision a time when they will only allocate mandates to investment managers with a formal, integrated approach to ...

Frontier Advisors adds to leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Frontier. "I've been fortunate to work in a number of leading technology businesses and with many investment managers and asset owners from around the globe," Jenkins said. "The opportunity to bring both of those facets, spanning over two decades of ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... securities, accounting for 0.88% and 0.69% of the index. "Over recent years, we have witnessed a number of very large asset owners in Australia exclude companies associated with tobacco and controversial weapons," State Street said in its reasoning for ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... study into current and future allocation practices, finding that investment approaches were in a phase of change. Asset owners, like Australia's super funds, were evolving their practices into TPA and WTW senior consultant Tim Unger said the COVID-19 ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... to a number of public sector funds, also currently provides ESG analytics on the risk side for pension funds and asset owners. "We have provided specific customised solutions for larger pension funds in US and Europe but that is tailored to their particular ...

Morningstar acquires global ESG ratings house

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... helped to extend the understanding and use of ESG insights and strategies to a multitude of investors, advisors, asset owners and managers across the globe. "This new ownership structure will amplify our ability to bring meaningful ESG insights, products ...

SMSF auditors come under fire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The corporate watchdog has disqualified, suspended and added additional conditions to six different self-managed super fund auditors as it works to ensure the industry meets competency and expertise standards. Auditors from around the country suffered ...