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Global net zero framework launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... Trustees, Nest Corporation, AXA Investment Managers, DWS, Aberdeen Standard Investments, PIMCO, Jupiter Asset Management, Robeco and Fidelity International are among those using the framework. "The global investment community has been called on to play ...

MLC names head of retail distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
MLC Asset Management has appointed a head of retail distribution, joining from Robeco. Tom Keenan has been appointed head of retail distribution, which is a newly created role at MLC. He was most recently chief executive and regional head of wholesale ...

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Robeco has brought an established credit income fund to the Australian market with the strategy focusing on positively contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG Credit Income Fund is an actively managed global ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... asset managers, were ranked as having a basic commitment to ESG. Six firms earned leader status, including Calvert and Robeco. A further six were ranked as having an advanced commitment to ESG including AXA Investment Managers and Schroders. Those that ...

Morningstar ratings tally for global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... moved up as Morningstar's new methodology put a greater focus on fees. Six funds moved from silver to gold: Platinum Asia, Robeco Emerging Conservative Equity AUD, Stewart Investors W Worldwide Leaders, Stewart Investors W Worldwide Sustainability and ...

Robeco extends exclusions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
Robeco announced it will now exclude investments in thermal coal, oil sands and Arctic drilling from all its mutual funds. The manager said the decision is an important step in its sustainable investing approach. Companies that derive 25% or more of ...

Schroders director jumps to Robeco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
An investment director in Schroders local business is moving to Robeco, as the latter adds two others to its Asia Pacific team. Rupeng Chen worked on Schroders' global and emerging market quantitative equity products across Asia Pacific, based out of ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... to the digital human rights of people all over the world, with consequences for companies and investors. In a new paper Robeco head of sustainability integration Masja Zandbergen expressed the belief that if digital rights are not protected by good regulatory ...

Mirae appoints wholesale distribution lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... up taking over both institutional and wholesale distribution, when then institutional sales head Chris Wildman left for Robeco. Apart from the two equities strategies, Mirae also owns 51% of ETF issuer BetaShares. It also owns some Australian properties ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... stocks against them. "A lot of people see this as a window of opportunity and are therefore jumping on the ESG bandwagon," Robeco head of ESG integration Masja Zandbergen said. "But I'm convinced that sustainability will become standard before we ...