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Active Super awards back-office mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... as well as more demand from our members to answer specific investment questions," he added. The super fund will expand its ESG and sustainability reporting capabilities over the coming months. Active Super enlisted consultant Cutter Associates to vet ...

Frontier hires former Perpetual head of infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... investors, and liability-driven investors such as insurers and public pools of money. It has also accelerated its investment in ESG, governance and technology capabilities, hiring heavily throughout the last year.

ETF Securities to list pure play Hydrogen ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... the sector benefiting from net-zero emissions commitments. The ETFS Hydrogen ETF will track the Solactive Global Hydrogen ESG Index and invest in stocks of pure play hydrogen listed companies. It is priced at 0.69% p.a. in fees. The company expects the ...

Fidelity nabs ESG expert from HESTA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Fidelity International has bolstered its sustainable investing and ESG expertise with a hire from industry super fund HESTA. Daniela Jaramillo has been appointed as director, sustainable investing, based in Melbourne, in what is a newly created role ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... private lending, and wealth management. The firm said there was strong demand in investment research, investment operations, ESG/responsible investment, client services & administration, data & performance analytics, marketing, and risk & compliance. ...

First Sentier launches infrastructure fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... to lobby for change. Through this engagement, we seek to highlight areas for potential improvement, encourage disclosure on ESG issues, and commend companies that are making progress in this area," Myatt said. "We view this approach as being an important ...

Redpoint launches equity income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... dividend income, he said. "Our quantitative approach combines multiple perspectives, including income capture, stock selection, ESG sustainability and tax awareness within one risk managed portfolio," Cappetta said. Fund manager GSFM has a 49% stake ...

Natixis hires sustainable investing lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... joins from affiliate Mirova. Nathalie Wallace joins on September 1 and will be responsible for leading the fund manager's ESG commitments across its distribution network, affiliate managers and other industry-wide initiatives. Based in Boston, she ...

Lifecycle MySuper outperforms single strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... except the 60-year-olds. Retail MySuper products outperformed industry fund equivalents by 3.8% points during the period. ESG options fell behind non-ESG equivalents by 1.4% points in the 12-month period. Overall, the median returns across 64 workplace ...

Investment Trends adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... decision making," Guiamatsia said. Investment Trend publishes research on areas such as adviser technology, managed accounts and ESG. Its managed accounts report published last week said, over the last five years, the proportion of financial advisers ...