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Flexstone appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... objectives will be: to reach a target of 40% women in Flexstone's investment teams by 2030; to make the firm carbon neutral by 2050; and to produce ESG reports for each client and a global ESG report. She has worked at Amundi Asset Management in ...

Departure at Perpetual small caps team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... Morningstar said. He left the team on December 9, Morningstar said in a note while holding the fund's rating steady at neutral. Perpetual this year paid about $465 million to buy a 75% interest in US-based value manager Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney ...

University debt weighs on personal investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... trending up," Futurity chief executive Ross Higgins said. "The majority of people who attend university (56%) are positive or neutral about the value of their university education despite, their HECS-HELP debt and the financial and social impacts. "However ...

International consortium sets sights on Optus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... Retirement System (OMERS) global infrastructure vehicle OMERS Infrastructure, Australian tower company Stilmark and US neutral host wireless network operators in ATN International have appointed Q Advisors and Royal Bank of Canada as financial advisers ...

HNW platform adds Europe ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... stocks in the index have direct exposure to the sectors that are expected to support Europe's transition to become climate-neutral by 2050," Stropro chief product officer Ben Streater said. "We are pleased to be able to offer this exciting opportunity ...

Super funds overlook digital engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... Survey conducted by SS&C Technologies Holdings found that the younger cohort of the 18 to 70-year-olds canvassed held "neutral to negative feelings" about their provider. This suggests that funds need to better engage their members at an earlier age ...

Morningstar's conviction weakened on BlackRock fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
Morningstar has dropped its rating for BlackRock's Concentrated Industrial Share Fund to neutral. The fund's lead portfolio manager Charles Lanchester and team have added a total return portfolio and a long-short offering to the fund, but Morningstar ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... Secretary Steven Kennedy said. Speaking to Australian Business Economists for a post-budget briefing, Kennedy said the neutral or natural interest has been steadily falling globally over the past 40 years. "Lower neutral interest rates mean there is ...

AustralianSuper ratings slide at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... framework Morningstar switched to a new rating methodology on 1 November 2019 for its analyst ratings (gold, silver, bronze, neutral or negative) which represent the analyst's conviction on the fund's potential to outperform its peers. As a part ...

Sunsuper cops rating downgrades

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... a confident view in its prospects." Morningstar revised its methodology in November 2019 for its gold, silver, bronze, neutral or negative analyst ratings. Now Morningstar puts greater emphasis on fees and its existing five-pillar rating process (people ...