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Super fund appoints ESG, listed equities lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... global and Australian equities asset classes. Additionally, she will also be responsible for the ESG integration and ESG risk management across all of the fund's investments and asset classes. Before her promotion, Mann provided expert ESG analysis ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
New research from the Australia Institute and Quit Nukes shows most major Australian superannuation funds still have holdings in nuclear weapons. Nearly one year since the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force (January ...

U Ethical Investors announces new relationship manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... increasingly complex and competitive responsible investment (RI) landscape, Satoko understands and is passionate about ESG risk management and what this means for investors," Brennan said. "Satoko is engaged in the latest RI issues and has recently led ...

Bell Asset Management launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Leaning into the ever-growing interest in sustainable investing, Bell Asset Management has launched a new fund. The Bell Global Sustainable Fund is an ESG fund for Australian retail and wholesale investors. The fund is an actively managed, concentrated ...

Industry fund awards ESG mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
A $6 billion industry fund has implemented State Street Corporation's ESG Risk Analytics Solution to manage the carbon emissions of its assets. State Street's solution will provide EISS Super with customised ESG performance and risk management with ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Greater transparency would enable more informed investment decision-making, and the ability to better assess and manage ESG risk exposures, the group said. The funds, which oversee a combined $1.6 trillion in assets, have also committed to allocating ...

Morningstar adds ESG to analysis

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... manager and assign a rating of leader, advanced, basic or low. Morningstar head of research Haywood Kelly said evaluating ESG risk is imperative for companies to meet stakeholder needs and mitigate potential legal or reputational risk. "Morningstar's ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
Fund managers with a focus on ESG must be wary of supply chains, especially where meat and dairy industry are involved, according to new data. The Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index found that the world's largest meat, fish and dairy producers are ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... position, a sound balance sheet, strong company management, earnings strength, income sustainability and growth, and low ESG risk," Nicol said. The fund classifies income-generating companies as: growers, compounders, cows or yielders. Growers are companies ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
A number of factors have contributed to the current economic uncertainty, and investment strategies need to adapt to the 'new normal', according to GSFM and its fund manager partners Payden & Rygel, Munro Partners and Redpoint Investment Management. ...