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Zenith makes senior ESG appointment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... the growth of the business's responsible investment offering. Zenith said the role is necessary to meet increased demand for ESG insights from financial advisers. Higgins was previously Zenith's head of real assets and listed strategies and has been ...

Federation AM launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... Alternative Investments II (F2) is an open-ended fund available to retail and wholesale investors, offering exposure to Federation's ESG-oriented alternative investments in healthcare, sustainable energy, and social and disability property assets. F2 ...

AMP North reduces fees, adds options

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... ensuring North competes very strongly on price." MyNorth has added 20 new funds and ETFs across a range of asset classes such as ESG, emerging markets, infrastructure, global equities, private equity, technology and multi-asset. The funds include Legg ...

Federated Hermes releases strategy globally

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... to deliver clients with consistency and essential diversification." Federated Hermes also uses an emerging market focused ESG scoring to assess the long-term opportunities as well as identifying and responding to risks. "Adding this strategy to our international ...

New head of institutional at T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... deep connections across the institutional market will support further opportunities for T. Rowe Price's growth," Hall said. "ESG and developing strategies suitable for our market is a high priority growth initiative coming into 2022 and beyond. Craig's ...

Australian Ethical makes strategic investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... corporations they invest in, helping drive operational targets, reporting, and even executive remuneration tied to achievement of ESG goals." Australian Ethical head of asset allocation John Woods added: "For more than three decades, Australian Ethical ...

Metrics hires three senior leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... owners in Sydney and London with their transition to a low carbon economy will be key as we continue to evolve our approach to ESG integration," he said. Altogether, seven new hires have recently joined the firm - four analysts and three associates to ...

Global firm expands into Aussie wealth management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... expertise in behavioural profiling for more accurate assessment of investors' investment suitability, financial personality and ESG preferences. We use our deep knowledge of investors to map them to investments that are best suited to them and provide ...

MSCI launches implied temperature tool

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... are critical to driving the systemic transformation needed to avert climate catastrophe," MSCI global head of climate and ESG Remy Briand said. "The Implied Temperature Rise metric is an important addition to our evolving suite of climate investing tools ...

Aussie fund management diversity improves: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... has 4879 managers and 10% are female. Hong Kong leads the way with 138 managers, with 28% female managers. Citywire head of ESG and cross-border investment research Nisha Long said: "There have been a few ups and downs in terms of the percentage of female ...