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Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... and will publish the SDG taxonomy it has developed, to provide transparency for investors. Regnan is a specialist ESG research, engagement and advisory business that is fully owned by Pendal Group. Regnan expanded its capabilities into global investment ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... benchmark over all time periods. This long-term outperformance is testament to the team's experience, high quality ESG research and robust investment process. However, the fund has experienced declining assets under management, and in addition to ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... Adviser Guide to Responsible Investment to demystify responsible and ethical investment for advisers. AXA IM head of ESG research and active ownership Yo Takatsuki said as client demand grows, advisers need to be familiar with the different options to ...

MSCI launches UN SDG alignment tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... environment and society, and report on those efforts, compared to their counterparts in developing economies," MSCI head of ESG research and executive director Olga Emelianova said. MSCI head of ESG Remy Briand, said there is increasing demand from investors ...

Ethical fund manager hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
An ethical fund manager with more than $1 billion in funds under management has hired from MSCI ESG Research and Vanguard to expand its investment team. U Ethical has added Desiree Lucchese as ethics and impact manager and Rachel O'Connor as portfolio ...

Lack of transparency in ESG funds criticised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... supports the assertion that companies that follow strong ESG standards are more likely to outperform those that don't." ESG research can be an integral part of a manager's investment approach and can create opportunities for investors to find a portfolio ...

Perpetual launches two ESG funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Zealand market. The first, Trillium ESG Global Equity Fund hold 70-150 stocks, excluding fossil fuels and integrating ESG research. Perpetual has set the fees at 89bps per year (plus 15bps buy/sell spread). The equivalent US retail fund has been running ...

Morningstar creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... effective immediately. Morningstar said the newly created role reflects its continued investments in growing its ESG research, including its newly-completed acquisition of ESG research and ratings firm Sustainalytics. Bioy, who most recently served as ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... accelerate the development of our firmwide capabilities." The Sustainable Investing Research and Data pillar develops ESG research by partnering with investors across asset classes and with data The Investment Stewardship pillar is responsible for an ...

Pendal adds SRI lense to multi-asset fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Pendal has increased the consideration of sustainability factors in its multi-asset target return fund, in what it claims is an Australian first. The global investment manager has introduced a new set of screens to its $189 million multi-asset target ...