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Government fund awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
A $31.2 billion government fund has selected a new manager for its ethical investment option. ESSSuper, the government fund for emergency services, has appointed Pendal as the sole investment manager for its Ethically Minded option, effective from 11 ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... launched a free publication - The Financial Adviser Guide to Responsible Investment to demystify responsible and ethical investment for advisers. AXA IM head of ESG research and active ownership Yo Takatsuki said as client demand grows, advisers need ...

Vanguard launches new ESG offerings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Vanguard Australia has launched a new Australian shares ETF with an ESG focus, adding to its range of ethical investment options. The Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares Fund and ETF will invest in approximately 240 ASX listed shares with ...

Leadership spills spell new era: RIAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... matters," O'Connor said. "Mirroring the community outrage over recent events, the Australian responsible and ethical investment community - notably super funds and asset managers - has quickly and strongly responded to the recent turn of events, exercising ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... investment managers. There were seven other Oceania-based signatories that made the list, including Australian Ethical Investment, Aware Super, CBUS, Dexus, Lendlease, Charter Hall Group and New Zealand Superannuation Fund. The largest group of representatives ...

Australian Ethical cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... Ethical has cut fees for super fund members as part of what it says is a continued effort to provide lower cost ethical investment options. The super fund reduced the investment fee for its defensive investment option in super and pensions effective ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A third superannuation fund in mere months has terminated its mandate with AMP Capital to manage to its ethical investment option. ESSSuper, the $30 billion government fund for the emergency services, terminated AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced ...

Robo advice solution set to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Nucleus Wealth and Arrow Financial Advice have partnered to launch a white label digital advice platform, set to feature actively managed portfolios and over 30 ESG filters. This will make it the most comprehensive robo advice service in the Australian ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The next wave of fund managers is ready to leave their textbooks behind and start investing with real money. And star stockpickers of today are offering their help to an interuniversity group. Traditionally, students undertaking a commerce or business ...

Ethical fund manager hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... O'Connor joins from Vanguard where she was a senior portfolio manager. Lucchese will take ownership of the ethical investment strategy, evolving the integration of ESG data and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the investment process, the ...