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New investment role at industry fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... chief investment officer for more than a decade and more recently overseeing our investment execution and responsible investment activities," she said. "During this time Rob has significantly developed the investment execution capability at HESTA, to ...

Super fund launches new options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... its 27,000 members. Christian Super, which is a founding signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, has launched two new options: Ethical Growth Plus and Ethical Index Shares. Ethical Growth Plus, which has an 84% allocation ...

ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... UniSuper Sustainable High Growth (9.8%), Media Super - Sustainable Future Shares (9.1%), AMP SignatureSuper - Responsible Investment Leaders International Share (8.6%) and UniSuper - Sustainable Balanced 8.7%. The analysis also found that Australia is ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... the Crescent Wealth family, and a strong supporter of our investment ethos," Yassine said. "Our socially responsible investment principles and values align with low risk and medium returns over long periods. Our Islamic compliant investment approach ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
The latest Benchmark Report by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) shows responsible investment funds outperform most mainstream funds. Using KPMG data, the report shows responsible funds on average deliver higher returns across ...

New boutique awards mandate to RBC I&TS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
A new boutique fund manager has appointed RBC Investor & Treasury Services (RBC I&TS) as its new custodian. RBC I&TS will provide custody and fund administration services for Melior Investment Management, which launched its flagship Melior Australian ...

Parametric bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... initiatives. Prior to her time at Charles Schwab, Le Berre was vice president of corporate governance and responsible investment for BlackRock. Sireklove welcomed Le Berre to the role, saying: "Gwen's experience in evolving investment stewardship programs ...

Robeco wins super fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... integration of ESG factors across our investment portfolio." "Our organisations share a deep commitment to responsible investment, and a long track record of integrating sustainability factors into the way we invest." Head of Robeco Australia Stephen ...

Top performing ESG options revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... Fund Employer - International Shares 9.79% UniSuper - Sustainable High Growth 9.74% AMP SignatureSuper - Responsible Investment Leaders International Shares 9.61% Mercer Super Trust Corporate Super Division - Mercer Socially Responsible Shares 7.53% ...

Fund manager buys into Morphic AM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... Global Opportunities Fun and Morphic Ethical Equities Fund (ASX-listed), which are both certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia, and Trium Morphic ESG L/S Global Fund. Morphic founders Jack Lowenstein and Chad Slater will continue ...