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ACSI names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... Silk and Thow for their contributions over the past four years. "Ian's leadership has been instrumental in elevating the focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and good governance. I thank him for his guidance and support of ACSI ...

Aware, AustralianSuper, QIC back infra investor

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
AustralianSuper, QIC and Aware Super have invested in an American sustainable infrastructure firm. Generate builds, owns, operates and finances sustainable infrastructure. It has a portfolio of about $2 billion of such assets in the energy, waste, water ...

Retirement Income Covenant paper released

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... implementation challenges of Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs) - and walk away from it if it needed to focus on more important issues for retirees. The paper released yesterday asks super trustees to focus on providing maximum income ...

Another cash ETF bites the dust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... Chi-X and wind it up," it said in the Chi-X filing. "PIML remains committed to our active ETF business and will continue to focus our efforts on exchange quoted funds that we believe have a role to play in investor's portfolios, notably those under ...

Jennison hires head of ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... trillion in assets under management. The head of ESG role is a newly created position at the manager, demonstrating a renewed focus on ESG. Mascotto will promote ESG best practices, drive ESG reporting efforts, and seek to ensure a fully supported ESG ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... UniSuper to conclude hiring at universities will be lower in the next couple of years. "[In 2017] we still wanted to retain the focus on the higher education sector...And it was pretty easy to get approval for that. But if we had said let's open ...

Zenith introduces ESG classification

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... responsible investment classification aims to help financial advisers with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus to select funds based on this criteria. The classifications further identify which ESG strategies a fund uses, which is essential ...

Retirement portfolios need a rethink: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... "Retirees require a reliable income stream to replace the wages they received when they were working, so it is more important to focus on the actual dollar income generated over time, rather than the headline yield percentage," Martin Currie chief investment ...

Praemium strengthens distribution efforts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... he said. The appointments come as Praemium confirmed it plans to sell its international business, reflecting a desire to focus on the Australian operations. The platform provider said it has received several unsolicited expressions of interest.

Hostplus delivers 21.3% to members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... annual return results for our members, whose financial future and achievement of a dignified retirement is our number one focus and priority," he said. "The results that we announce today are a strong validation of our investment beliefs and approach ...