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Institutional mandates shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... ($2.4 billion), Alphinity ($2.1 billion), Lend Lease ($2 billion), First Sentier ($1.7 billion), WMC ($1.5 billion) and Robeco ($1.5 billion). Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser report collects mandate data via investment surveys with non-profit superannuation ...

Oaktree hires from Challenger

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... markets funds, including Fidante's partnership with Ares. Prior to this he was the director of institutional sales at Robeco, where he was one of its first hires in Australia; Partners Group; and Zurich where he was the head of manager research for ...

Northern Trust AM's stellar year

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... hold big positions in fewer stocks. Other factor-based funds management businesses in Australia include Dimensional and Robeco. But Bennett said the competition in factor-based strategies is much broader than that. "We think in the current landscape ...

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... a monthly income distribution of 4% to 6% while mapping the positive impact of contributions to SDG outcomes. Robeco Australia head Stephen Dennis said the launch provides investors with an opportunity to access Robeco's expertise and approach to credit ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... asset managers, were ranked as having a basic commitment to ESG. Six firms earned leader status, including Calvert and Robeco. A further six were ranked as having an advanced commitment to ESG including AXA Investment Managers and Schroders. Those that ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... to the digital human rights of people all over the world, with consequences for companies and investors. In a new paper Robeco head of sustainability integration Masja Zandbergen expressed the belief that if digital rights are not protected by good regulatory ...

Mirae appoints wholesale distribution lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... up taking over both institutional and wholesale distribution, when then institutional sales head Chris Wildman left for Robeco. Apart from the two equities strategies, Mirae also owns 51% of ETF issuer BetaShares. It also owns some Australian properties ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... stocks against them. "A lot of people see this as a window of opportunity and are therefore jumping on the ESG bandwagon," Robeco head of ESG integration Masja Zandbergen said. "But I'm convinced that sustainability will become standard before we ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... community, it celebrates the success of asset managers who the organisation believes are leading the way among their peers. Robeco, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Legal & General Investment Management, APG and Aviva all earned themselves ratings of A ...

Women rule ESG, but gap remains

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Responsible investing is the rare field of financial services dominated by women. It's also growing at a rapid rate, but challenges remain. The field has dramatically evolved over the past decade, as ESG roles, once focused on communication and ...