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MSCI launches domestic index series

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020

... IMI Custom Sector Strategy Index, MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield Index, MSCI Australia Domestic IMI Custom ESG Index, MSCI Emerging Markets With Special Tax Index and MSCI World With Special Tax Index. The MSCI Australia Index was introduced ...

Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020

The growth in sustainable index funds shows no sign of abating as assets under management double to US$250 billion in just three years. That is according to research firm Morningstar, highlighting the changing attitudes of investors bending toward ESG-conscious ...

State Street to launch ESG ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON | MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020

... risk-return to the ASX 200. The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund will go by the ticker E200 and is the first ETF to track the ASX 200 ESG Index, a broad-based, market-cap-weighted index designed to measure the performance of securities meeting sustainability ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020

Sustainable companies are performing better and responsible investment funds are largely continuing to outperform the general market, according to a new report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). The report, COVID-19 and ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020

The S&P 500 ESG Index has completed its second annual rebalancing since it launched last year, with some surprising companies kicked out. Twitter and Walmart were dropped from the ESG index for failing to meet certain ESG standards while Facebook, which ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020

... indexes during the COVID-19 sell-off as well as for longer periods. The four selected indexes, representing a range of ESG index construction approaches, outperformed the parent index in Q1 2020, with the SRI index showing the strongest performance over ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG | TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019

... Index as well as growth, value and dividend indices. These benchmarks will serve as the basis for the new Bloomberg SASB ESG Index family, which also include ESG-weighted versions of the value, growth and dividend indices. It also includes U.S. large ...

Facebook dropped from ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019

... (Environmental, Social and Governance) Index after a series of scandals brought the company's ethics into question. The S&P 500 ESG Index underwent its annual rebalance at the end of April and removed several notable companies along with Facebook - including ...

FTSE Russell expands ESG research

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018

FTSE Russell formed a global ESG research partnership with Sustainalytics, as investors demand ESG integration within their strategies. The partnership will allow the firm to develop a new set of ESG indexes, with Sustainalytics' ESG risk ratings research ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY | THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018

... tobacco related products. The firm said Ex-Tobacco Involvement indexes would become part of the standard offering in its ESG index module. MSCI global head of ESG indexes Deborah Yang said demand for exclusionary indexes was growing all over the world. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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