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ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
ESG funds tallied up record inflows and touted better-than-market returns in the COVID-19 downturn but new academic research says there is no evidence that ESG scores contributed anything beyond traditional models. In ESG Didn't Immunize Stocks Against ...

Moelis adds to board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Assurance, IntraLinks, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Morgan Stanley. Goodfellow is currently the vice chair of Korn Ferry Australasia, and also serves on the advisory board of the Westmead Children's Hospital Grace Ward and is a non-executive director of the ...

ESG funds crowned winners of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Australasian sustainable funds attracted inflows worth more than $207 million in the second quarter of 2020, with Australian Ethical and Dimensional reaping the majority of these rewards. Morningstar's latest Global Sustainable Fund Flows report, which ...

Life insurance at tipping point: Industry leaders

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... Mark Stewart, Zurich Life and Investments Australian chief executive Justin Delaney, and AMP Life and Resolution Life Australasia chief executive Megan Beer said there was an urgent need for greater sustainability, viability and affordability of life ...

FSC appoints four to board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... drive strategic policy direction in the Australian funds management landscape. BlackRock Asset Management head of Australasia Andrew Landman, UBS Australia managing director Bryce Doherty, AllianceBernstein Australia chief executive Jen Driscoll and ...

Super-backed specialist centre opens in Hobart

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... demonstrating a proven track record of scalable investments," HESTA said. According to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, the local impact investment market has more than tripled over the past three years to almost $20 billion. "If even ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
A controversial promotion at mining giant Rio Tinto has demonstrated how even the biggest of super funds hold very little sway when it comes to engaging with companies they invest in. Peter Toth, formerly chief executive of OM Holdings, was promoted ...

AMP Life awards mandate post acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... non-operating holding company Resolution Life as the holding company of AMP Life and the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia under the Life Insurance Act 1995.

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... continuing to outperform the general market, according to a new report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). The report, COVID-19 and the performance of responsible investments, said in a time of massive market disruption, responsible ...

HLB appoints chair

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
HLB International has appointed the managing partner of its Brisbane based accounting and advisory firm as chair of its Asia Pacific operations, effective immediately. James Henderson will serve in the role over the coming three years, and is set to ...