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Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... options that exclude fossil fuels and their supply chain services and businesses that do not meet strongly defined ESG criteria." The diversified SRI option will have exposure to all Aware's investment sectors including property and private equity ...

Industry fund bumps up fee for ESG option

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... portfolio of shares, fixed interest, property and direct infrastructure. The investments are picked according to ESG criteria that include labour standards, climate change mitigation, human rights, child labour and the exclusion of tobacco, pornography ...

QSuper lowers balanced fund fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... involved in manufacturing cluster bombs and landmines from July 1. With the exception of QSuper Self Invest, the ESG criteria applies to its entire listed equities portfolio across the lifetime, moderate, balanced, aggressive, Australian shares and international ...

Modern slavery rife across sectors: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... investment manager deploys an ESG integration strategy that does not necessarily invest in the best companies based on ESG criteria, which could build a portfolio of expensive stocks. Instead, it deploys an "ESG momentum" strategy. "It makes more sense ...

Super fund overhauls group insurance cover

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... involved in manufacturing cluster bombs and landmines from July 1. With the exception of QSuper Self Invest, the ESG criteria applies to its entire listed equities portfolio across the lifetime, moderate, balanced, aggressive, Australian shares and international ...

Robeco wins super fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... an important factor in receiving the mandate, the fund manager said. About $160 billion globally is managed using ESG criteria. Christian Super chief executive Ross Piper said: "Christian Super is delighted to be partnering with Robeco as we continue ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management restructures for efficiency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... fundamental research capabilities, with risk management at its core. The investment solutions offered by MAQS also comprise ESG criteria, as increasingly desired by investors. With combined assets under management of $171 billion, the new division comprises ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... little to no difference in ESG index returns compared to those of broad market benchmarks and that incorporating ESG criteria in individual security selection can, in fact, deliver market competitive returns while potentially reducing risk.

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... holdings across its entire portfolio. More superannuation funds are requiring asset managers to actively integrate ESG criteria into investment frameworks and there are funds already running Socially Responsible Investment options. The most recent is ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... corporate board quality, corruption and accounting practices. Investors' interest in (and motivations for considering) ESG criteria went beyond ethical concerns: 90% of participants felt ESG criteria had a positive or neutral effect on returns, while ...