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PIMCO launches ESG bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... evolved. Investors have set their sights higher: it's no longer enough just to screen out undesirable categories; they want to foster positive social change." "Proactive ESG investing requires deep, issuer-level analytics, along with an ability to engage ...

New alliance to encourage female planners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... financial planners," Beck said. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori added: "We hope our collaboration with FEW will help foster community, innovation and leadership amongst existing female financial planners, but also encourage more women to choose it ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... been particularly slow in changing," Summerhayes said. Part of that change, he added, involved life insurers doing more to foster trust in the communities in which they operate. "New players are working on radically changing the relationship between ...

Responsible investment distinguishes active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... gender diversity. The AXA World Funds MiX in Perspectives aims to generate long-term capital growth from companies that foster gender diversity and leverage the important economic role of women. An Australian domiciled pool fund will launch this year. ...

New social bond advocates gender equality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
National Australia Bank is issuing a social bond that will enable institutional investors to directly invest in Australian organisations actively championing women and equality in the workplace. The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income ...

Hostplus commits further to Australian VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... become the most valuable companies in the world. We believe it makes sense to further diversify our portfolio into VC's and foster greater innovation for Australia," Hostplus chief executive David Elia said.

Link partners with fintech hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... and experience. The strategy will also enable Link to develop initiatives in collaboration with Stone and Chalk that will foster fintech innovation. Link's alignment with the not-for-profit fintech hub follows a line of other recent partnerships including ...

Kaplan uses AI to stop adviser social media blunders

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... communication channels have increased capacity to market services, promote their brand, connect to current clients, and foster new business," Kaplan chief executive Brian Knight said. However, he added that "recent research has suggested compliance fears ...

Super must continue excellence path: O'Dwyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
The superannuation system must be the best it can possibly be to ensure that every Australian is confident in controlling their own destiny. That was the overarching theme of Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer's address to the ...

US investment giant builds out Sydney team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
The private capital arm of a $1 trillion US investment manager has set up shop in Sydney with a local investment team. Pricoa Capital Group, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial's investment management business PGIM, already has a $3 billion portfolio ...