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Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... listed companies, outlining the fund manager's proxy voting agenda for 2021, and the fund manager's ongoing stewardship work. SSGA has identified lack of racial, ethnic, and cognitive diversity as a business risk for companies and has asked companies ...

Australia bottoms out on fund disclosure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... rating for not adapting to increasing investor expectations around environmental, social and governance (ESG) and stewardship disclosure. Morningstar director of manager research for Australia Grant Kennaway told Financial Standard the results are not ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... the expense of the long-term health of our natural world and the societies that inhabit it," Fidelity global head of stewardship and sustainable investing Jenn-Hui Tan said. "In light of the need to contain the spread of future zoonotic diseases, investors ...

Connie McKeage to step back at OneVue

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... McKeage said. "Most importantly we are very pleased that the OneVue vision will continue to unfold under Iress' stewardship and that they are looking forward to working alongside our staff and clients." The sale price was challenged by OVH's ...

Global firm hires local distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... and Mark is built on the significant uplift we are seeing for our combined range of leading investment products and stewardship services. Their collective skillsets and knowledge of the client landscape across Asia Pacific will be key to this next stage ...

Pension funds sue Allianz Global Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... Retirement System (ATRS) was the first pension fund to file a complaint in July, alleging that Allianz GI failed its stewardship over the now-defunct Structured Alpha Funds portfolio. Now, the Teamster Members Retirement Plan, and the pension schemes ...

New chief investment officer at Australian Unity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... restructure the role and the responsibilities of the chief executive. "Joe's key priority will be the ongoing stewardship and development of Australian Unity's investment activities," Kerr-Smith said. "This will include capturing investment opportunities ...

BlackRock offers update on dumping coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
BlackRock has offered its first major update on investment stewardship since it said it would dump thermal coal from active portfolios. The investment giant's voting efforts increased in 2020, with the number of company engagements increasing by 47% ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... and Data pillar develops ESG research by partnering with investors across asset classes and with data The Investment Stewardship pillar is responsible for an "investment-led, expert-driven stewardship approach, engaging with companies and voting proxies ...

AustralianSuper throws weight behind SDG platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... global standard for investors to identify sustainable development investments," AustralianSuper director of ESG and stewardship Andrew Gray said. "The platform will progress how we assess and engage with investee companies on their SDG contribution ...