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AZ Sestante launches ESG portfolios

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... 2021, the ERIG Index includes over 670 strategies, representing around 2600 managed funds. Financial advice firms, fund managers, and institutions that subscribe to the ERIG Index can assess the "greenness" of products. "Advisers are passionate about ...

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided over greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... was let go from DWS after less than a year in the role. She later told The Wall Street Journal that the group's fund managers ignored calls to use ESG information as part of their decision making and that DWS's ESG processes relied heavily on outdated ...

BT answers advisers' top tax time questions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... extended to 30 June 2023 and that trade settlements may take longer than usual due to pending distributions from fund managers.

Frontier adds to real assets team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... the team in early July, working within Frontier's real assets research team with a particular focus on assessing fund managers, investment opportunities and providing market analysis in the property sector. In addition to undertaking asset class research ...

Just 14.8% of hedge fund leaders are female: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... more female leaders. As we push towards greater equality, there will always be resistance. As well as research into fund managers worldwide, the report collected survey data from 250 UK hedge fund traders and portfolio managers aged 21 and over in Q2 ...

EQT reveals most popular fund launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... including Australian Ethical, CareSuper, Cbus and HESTA having signed up to be tobacco free, this has triggered fund managers to follow suit, O'Brien said. Of the 100 newest funds, just over half were launched by domestic fund managers but Equity Trustees ...

Aussie private capital on the rise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... Market Yearbook report also recorded $26 billion in uncommitted capital held by Australian-focused private capital fund managers last year. Private equity and venture capital, which accounts for half of private capital assets under management, saw high ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... demand for transparency and accountability has permeated into social norms and best practice for superannuation fund managers. The days of 'trust us, we'll do the right thing are gone' for good and the report prescribes that RSEs should disclose what ...

Increased demand drives ESG expert salaries

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... figures are inclusive of superannuation and are based on Kaizen's own experiences recruiting for super funds and fund managers setting up dedicated in-house ESG research teams. "We have seen these organisations grow their ESG capabilities to drive ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... the overwhelming source of excess returns, with the study suggesting that asset owners conducting due diligence on fund managers should subject their research capabilities to much closer scrutiny. Managers with demonstrable research skills generated ...