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ESG funds crowned winners of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... $99.8 billion (US$71.1 billion) supported by growing investor interest in environmental, social and governance issues. European sustainable funds reaped the majority of inflows for the second quarter, garnering 86% of total inflows. Meantime, sustainable ...

European robo-adviser eyes Australia, taps Westpac exec

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The former head of Westpac's private banking business has brought a Belgium-based robo-adviser down under, and says industry super funds, major banks, broker businesses and dealer groups are already knocking at the door. With its Asia Pacific operations ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... did happen. After five days of deliberation, negotiation and compromise, leaders of the 27 governments that make up the European Union (EU) unanimously agreed to an unprecedented €750 billion "Next Generation EU" (NGEU) Recovery Fund - to support member ...

AMP Capital revamps leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... year. Elsewhere, Tim Smith has been appointed head of international distribution. He is currently head of American and European distribution. And Patrick Trears has been named global head of infrastructure debt, succeeding Andrew Jones who is departing ...

GMO acquires Japanese equity manager

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... emerging markets division. Prior to his time at GMO, Sakoulis worked with Numeric Investors as a partner and director of European strategies. He started off his career at JP Morgan as a quantitative analyst and portfolio manager, before moving to UBS ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... operations. "Several such ESG regulations are in the consultation phase or have passed in some jurisdictions, including the European Union's action plan on sustainable finance," the paper said. "J.P. Morgan Asset Management is working internally ...

Regtech adds to advisory board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... advisory board appointments, which it says will help prepare the company for expansion into the US, UK, Canadian and European markets. Former AMP director of technology Giovanni De Angelis and corporate lawyer Michael Dodge have been appointed as a tech ...

Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... expenses, and (consistent with public allegations of prior wrongdoing) payments directly to numerous women with Eastern European surnames; and periodic suspicious cash withdrawals - in total, more than US$800,000 over approximately four years. "This ...

Pension fund in divestment hoax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... immediately with a goal of reaching overall carbon neutrality by 2030. The release was picked up by a number of major European news outlets before the fund's head of communications and ownership Johan Floren - who was named as a spokesperson in the hoax ...

Gordon Brothers appoints Aussie executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... advisors. Gordon Brothers said Smyth becomes a key member of the global valuations management team, which is rounded out by European valuation team lead Scott Fuller and global valuations president Chris Carmosino. Gordon Brothers head of Australia Tim ...