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Less might be more in ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... social (E&S) proposals considered in this paper received a passing vote, comprising 3.26% of all such proposals," the research found. "However, corporate responses to shareholder resolutions can result in improved sustainability outcomes for companies ...

New deputy Aussie equities head at Aberdeen Standard

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... director after 12 years on the team. She joined Aberdeen in 2008 from Citigroup where she was vice president institutional research sales in Australia and New York. The Aussie equities team at Aberdeen Standard managed about $1 billion in total assets ...

LGS partners with SuperFriend

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... staff, our members, and their employers," Stockwell said. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said the firm's recent research revealed that - despite assumptions surrounding security and low stress in government occupations - public administration ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... institutional Australian investors in a capital raise led by Brandon Capital, a venture capital firm that manages the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund; Australia and New Zealand's largest life science investment fund. This fund is backed by the ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... top 10 countries in the world for retirement outcomes but the impact of the pandemic will be felt for some time, new research from Natixis Investment Managers shows. Australia nabbed the seventh spot for retiree security in the 2020 Natixis Investment ...

Moody's adds to CreditView platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... analysis, which systematically integrate material ESG considerations. Additionally, users will still have access to MIS research and tools such as Credit Opinions, Environmental and Social Sector Risk Heat Maps, Corporate Governance Assessments, and ...

Asset allocators not prepared for market complexity: Milestone

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... landscape, but do not have the tools to efficiently implement and manage new strategies, according to Milestone Group. The research found that institutional asset allocators are still relying on spreadsheets and aging technologies that are reaching the ...

ETFs undermine product comparison: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... booming exchange-traded funds market is confusing investors and making it impossible to make like-for-like comparisons. New research from the US shows the exchange-traded product industry operates opaquely on many levels and ultimately undermines investors' ...

Low rates put retirees at risk: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... portfolio risk to meet most income needs in the current low yield environment, according to Vanguard. Vanguard's latest research paper titled An enduring solution for low yields found that investors using the rule of thumb 4% withdrawal rate as a ...

Group risk inflows fall 15%

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
New research from actuary Plan For Life has found that overall group risk premium inflows fell 15% over the 12 months to June, with fresh legislation to blame. This includes the 'Protecting Your Super' legislation, which came into effect on 1 July 2019 ...