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REI Super appoints to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... managing director of Vasco Trustees and chair of Futurity Investment Group. He is also a non-executive director of Federated Hermes in Australia and executive chair of DH Flinders. He has also previously served as general manager of financial services ...

EM investors brace for geopolitical impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... unchanged for now, acknowledging this will put short-term pressure on performance," Franklin Templeton said. Federated Hermes emerging markets portfolio manager Kunjal Gala foresees Russia potentially moving out of major emerging market indices because ...

Federated Hermes releases strategy globally

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The investment manager has made the Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Strategy available to investors across the globe after only being available to US clients. The strategy aims to deliver capital growth and income by investing in sovereign, corporate ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... on climate change. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference, Federated Hermes chief executive Saker Nusseibeh said there is no separation between ESG investing and other investments, at least as far as ...

Weeding out net zero fakers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... continue to engage with the most carbon intensive companies," Barnes said. Bruce Duguid, head of stewardship at Federated Hermes, said he has observed a tripling in net zero commitments from listed companies - but, like Barns, he questions how serious ...

Buffett doesn't want to report on diversity, climate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... own business and not Berkshire's. The first, is from California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERs), Federated Hermes and Caisse Et Placement Du Quebec (CDPQ). The three are asking Berkshire's board to publish an annual assessment addressing ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... investment mandates in the process. The managers with SRI mandates from Aware Super include Redpoint for Australian equities, Hermes Investment Management for international equities and Vanguard for fixed income. From November 1, additional managers ...

Global firm hires local distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
As it progresses plans to grow its footprint in the Asia Pacific region, Federated Hermes has appointed three directors including Janus Henderson's head of institutional business to lead distribution in Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Gary ...

Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... strategies saw $231 million in net inflows and $509 in net outflows for the quarter, with the largest flows coming from Hermes Asia ex-Japan Equity, Fidelity Asia ex Japan Equity and Martin Currie Asia Long-Term Unconstrained Equity. Global emerging ...

Hermes handbags an emerging asset class for UHNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
There's now an index that tracks the value of collectable Hermes bags and they returned 13% in 2019, beating annual returns of other collectables like cars, jewellery, art and rare whisky. Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, for the first time, added ...