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Metrics hires three senior leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... National Australia Bank where she was director of sustainable finance. Prior to that she was a senior adviser to the Climate Bonds Initiative, based in London. Lalit Barhate is the new director of internal audit and was previously the head of internal ...

BNP Paribas launches sustainable trusts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... Paribas Asset Management Sustainability Centre in Paris, Hong Kong, and New York. The Green Bond Trust invests in global green bonds which finance projects designed to mitigate or address climate change issues. It uses an integrated engagement approach ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... positioned to capture strong returns from rising asset values over the year." The fund is allocated across global equities (63%), bonds (16%), NZ equities (4%), rural land and timber (5%), alternatives (6%), private equity (4%), infrastructure (1%) and ...

NGS Super hikes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... income accounts: diversified (11bps total increase a year), high growth (18bps), infrastructure (16bps) and diversified bonds (25bps). NGS plans in increasing its infrastructure option's growth-defensive strategic asset allocation split from the ...

YFYS spurs half to change asset mix

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... bond yields might be low, Mead reminded investors that in the last nine out of 10 recessions and equity market drawdowns bonds outperformed. That is a conditional correlation, he said, noting that the resounding view, on a conditional basis where equity ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... ESG approach to the currencies corresponding with those nations. "There has been such a huge focus on ESG in equities and bonds... ESG data can now be looked at at a country level, and incorporated into your currency analysis," Hoffman said. Mesirow ...

Communicate risk, defensiveness differently: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Kim Bowater said Frontier's forward-looking expectations show a dramatic change in the expected returns from cash and bonds compared to the previous 20 years. Where over the last 20 years funds have seen positive returns from bonds and cash, even ...

Rest streamlines asset classes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... which include Australian shares; overseas shares (including equity strategies); private equity; property; infrastructure; bonds; sub investment grade bonds; absolute return; and agriculture. At the end of next month, these will change to Australian shares ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... companies or financial instruments conform to a given set of ESG standards," S&P said, discussing the labelling of green bonds specifically. "According to the Journal of Environmental Investing Report 2020, there are more than 20 different labels being ...

Best fixed interest funds revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... came in second place with a 5.8% annual return on a three-year basis, followed by iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bonds (AUD hedged) ETF which returned 5.6%. Rounding out the top five was the iShares Core Global Corporate Bond (AUD hedged) ETF ...