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Super concerns over legislation: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
Superannuation funds are making changes to investment portfolios ahead of the Your Future, Your Super legislation which in turn could lead to more volatility and less diversification for members. Speaking at a media briefing, Schroders head of distribution ...

BNP Paribas to offer initial margin services

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
BNP Paribas Securities Services is expanding its collateral management services in Asia Pacific, to include initial margin requirements arising for non-cleared OTC derivatives positions. Initial margin rules for non-cleared derivatives transactions ...

Christian Super recognised for impact investing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The $1.8 billion fund has been named the impact asset owner of the year at the Australian Impact Investment Awards. The fund has a diverse impact portfolio approaching 10% of total assets, that spans a variety of sectors including sustainability, healthcare ...

WA Super trio launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
WA Super's former chief investment officer Chris West and two others have launched a new investment consultancy, following the completion of its merger with Aware Super. Context Capital will provide investment advice to advice businesses, wealth ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Despite the growing emphasis on sustainability and the mainstream nature of ESG considerations, investors are still struggling to find adequate data to inform their decisions. This is according to BlackRock's 2020 Global Sustainable Investing Survey ...

WTW calls for more investment in China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has called for greater investment in China despite rising tensions between Australia and China which has led to several trade disputes and ongoing vitriol between leaders. The two research papers from WTW said Chinese assets ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... with active ownership becoming a key investment strategy, according to new research. The Thinking Ahead Institute's Asset Owner 100 (AO100) report shows the largest asset owners in this group grew by 6% to US$20 trillion in 2019. The AO100 have integrated ...

bfinance names client consultant

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... build on this momentum," she said. She will work with bfinance Australian senior director Frithjof van Zyp to assist asset owner clients in delivering manager implementation solutions such as manager search and selection, fee benchmarking, performance ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
State Super has appointed an independent academic oversight body for its investment data science program. The fund said the use of data science is growing, though using insights from more complex machine learning based models requires a strong governance ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... better representation of asset owners in the group relative to the PRI's total reporting base. Some 4% of all asset owner signatories made it to the 2020 list, compared to just 1% of investment managers. There were seven other Oceania-based signatories ...