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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 ...

Managed accounts surpass $100bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... biggest change is that more firms and institutions are seeing the opportunity that managed accounts provide, particularly with ESG models. "Groups are seeing more opportunity to offer, not just fully outsourced discretionary models, but specialist models ...

MUFG, First Sentier hire sustainable investment lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... macro-level research on sustainable investment topics, market trends and industry practices. She joins from MSCI, where she was an ESG research analyst. Karadzhova has also held analyst positions at Moody's and worked in audit at PwC. "Velina's considerable ...

Investors demand credible climate information

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) Investor Confidence Survey recorded 87% of investors view voluntary disclosures of ESG information as important to them. Around 85% of retail investors think climate-related information is important to their ...