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Australian Ethical adds to investment committee

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... Australian Ethical has welcomed three industry veterans to its investment committee. To further boost its leadership in ethical and ESG asset allocation, Australian Ethical has appointed Sean Henaghan, Sandra McCullagh and Steve Rankine to its investment ...

Geopolitics to change ESG approach: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
A new survey from bfinance has found 39% of investors predict re-evaluation of ESG approach due to recent geopolitical developments. This is according to a snap poll from bfinance of 418 institutional investors from 39 different countries. The results ...

Fund inflows drop sharply: Calastone

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... in comparison to international investments 80% inflow drop compared to Q4. Also notable, Calastone revealed that inflows to ESG equity funds exceeded those to non-ESG funds for the first time in the quarter - A$746 million compared to A$452 million. ...

North ESG AUM boasts rapid growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
AMP's North has added a further 13 ESG options to its investment menu as the platform records significant growth over the past calendar year. AUM for North's ESG investment range increased by about 100% to almost $600 million over the 12 months to 31 ...

Labor vows to review YFYS test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... to review the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test if elected, citing "unintended and negative consequences" for ESG investing. Minister Stephen Jones spoke to the audience at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual ...

Alphinity lowers global equities fund fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... Global Sustainable Equity Fund takes the same approach as the flagship global fund but also applies rigorous sustainable and ESG methodology. Incepted in June 2021, the fund has returned 9.6% net of fees to February end. It tracks the same benchmark ...

New head of markets, securities services at HSBC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... senior roles in markets and securities services, including head of institutional and wealth sales for ASEAN and co-head of ESG for Asia Pacific. Anita O'Brien has been named head of global banking, Australia. She had been acting in the role on an ...

Vanguard Personal Investor sees Delta boom

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... investing, with women more diversified, more likely to invest in unlisted managed funds than males, more heavily invested in ESG funds and less invested in active funds and individual shares. "As research has proven, and as we've observed, women ...

ART hires from Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... with GE Capital. "As a profit-for-members superannuation fund, we believe integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into our investment philosophy is consistent with better investment outcomes and contributes to a more sustainable ...

NGS closes socially responsible option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... May 31. NGS said it is closing the socially responsible option because as the fund has committed to net zero and integrated ESG into all its investment options, making a stand-alone option no longer necessary. "Since first offering the Socially Responsible ...