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Connie McKeage to step back at OneVue

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... McKeage said. "Most importantly we are very pleased that the OneVue vision will continue to unfold under Iress' stewardship and that they are looking forward to working alongside our staff and clients." The sale price was challenged by OVH's ...

Healthcare dominates impact investing: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... mitigating poverty and racial equity and social justice. American Century vice president, head of ESG and investment stewardship Guillaume Mascotto said even though healthcare ranked lower in Germany, the pandemic has put the spotlight on health. "In ...

Global firm hires local distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... and Mark is built on the significant uplift we are seeing for our combined range of leading investment products and stewardship services. Their collective skillsets and knowledge of the client landscape across Asia Pacific will be key to this next stage ...

Tax Practitioners Board adds members

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... taxation at EY. She is a member on a number of of the Law Council of Australia's committees, the ATO not-for-profit Stewardship Group and the Advisory Committee for the Board of Taxation. Stephens has a wealth of tax experience and is the managing partner ...

Pension funds sue Allianz Global Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... Retirement System (ATRS) was the first pension fund to file a complaint in July, alleging that Allianz GI failed its stewardship over the now-defunct Structured Alpha Funds portfolio. Now, the Teamster Members Retirement Plan, and the pension schemes ...

New chief investment officer at Australian Unity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... restructure the role and the responsibilities of the chief executive. "Joe's key priority will be the ongoing stewardship and development of Australian Unity's investment activities," Kerr-Smith said. "This will include capturing investment opportunities ...

CFA Institute call for feedback on new standard

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... measurable social or environmental impact alongside a financial return. The last feature is proxy voting, engagement and stewardship which uses rights and position of ownership to influence issuers' or companies' activities or behaviors. The ESG Disclosure ...

Cbus appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... determination to keep members at the centre of everything that we do." Bracks also paid tribute to Atkins, saying: "David's stewardship of Cbus has been a remarkable achievement. Everyone at the fund wishes him the very best and congratulates him on ...

AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... support industry to realise the opportunities of a decarbonising global economy." AustralianSuper director of ESG & stewardship Andrew Gray said the initiative would help the industry super fund to have greater oversight into some of its investment's ...

BlackRock offers update on dumping coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
BlackRock has offered its first major update on investment stewardship since it said it would dump thermal coal from active portfolios. The investment giant's voting efforts increased in 2020, with the number of company engagements increasing by 47% ...