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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 ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY | TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020

... community, it celebrates the success of asset managers who the organisation believes are leading the way among their peers. Robeco, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Legal & General Investment Management, APG and Aviva all earned themselves ratings of A ...

Women rule ESG, but gap remains

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020

Responsible investing is the rare field of financial services dominated by women. It's also growing at a rapid rate, but challenges remain. The field has dramatically evolved over the past decade, as ESG roles, once focused on communication and ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020

... personalised portfolios that exclude companies with poor ESG ratings, while limiting human bias. That's according to Robeco director of factor investing, Simon Lansdorp, who told Financial Standard the systematic, quantitative attributes of factor-led ...

Industry fund awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020

A $7 billion industry fund has awarded a mandate for an indexing strategy. Energy Super has awarded Robeco a $650 million global equity mandate to the manager's Enhanced Indexing strategy. Robeco's Enhanced Indexing strategy incorporates sustainability ...

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HUB24 shutters Xplore Wealth MDA services

ANDREW MCKEAN

HUB24 plans to shut down its Xplore Wealth Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) services next year, with discussions underway with financial advisers to explore alternative options.

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN

The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData.

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI

VanEck will list its first Australian equity long short ETF on the ASX, which aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200.

Vanguard fined US$106m for investors' massive tax bill

KARREN VERGARA

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Vanguard US$106.4 million for "materially misleading" investors in the Investor Target Retirement Funds (Investor TRFs) about their future tax liabilities.

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