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Evergreen partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... become increasingly conscious of the impact companies are having on the environment and society and take an active role in ESG considerations, we will continue to offer innovative solutions for long-term investors who care about their capital being invested ...

First Sentier launches ESG debt strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
First Sentier Investors is leveraging MUFG Bank's strengths in ESG financing for a new private debt capability that will initially focus on providing loans to the renewable energy sector. Officially launching today, First Sentier's sustainable ...

Fund manager creates lead distribution role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... strategy but the other capabilities we offer clients." Last September, the fund manager hired Nicholas Varco as the head of ESG to lead the integration of environmental, social and governance factors with the investment team.

How managers win ESG mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
New research from Investment Trends has revealed how investors choose ESG product providers, and it's bad news for some of the big names in funds management. According to the research, conducted by Investment Trends and Australian Ethical, 87% of ...

Perpetual AUM climbs, hires in UK

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... a $6 billion increase in total assets under management, reaching $95.3 billion and has made a raft of appointments to its ESG investment manager Trillium Asset Management. International AUM grew 8% over the March quarter, inclusive of Trillium and Barrow ...

Perennial establishes ESG boutique

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Perennial Partners has spun its ESG team and flagship ESG fund into a separate boutique investment business. Perennial Better Future will include the Perennial Better Future Trust and the associated active ETF, the eInvest Better Future Fund (IMPQ) ...

MSCI launches life sciences indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... controlled by a reporting entity) data and green revenue. The index provider said: "Thematic investing is not a sector, factor or ESG strategy; nor is it bound by conventional geographic or industry classifications, such as style or market capitalisation. ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... assets that have an average or above average GRESB Real Estate Assessment score, and in infrastructure assets with integrated ESG factors that work towards a low-carbon economy or have limited exposure to transition risks. Infrastructure companies that ...

Include ESG in BFID: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) wants superannuation funds' ESG investments to be included in the proposed Best Financial Interests Duty. The government's BFID wants super trustees to make decisions that are in best "financial" interests of their ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... performance relative to their peers on specific social issues. Amundi head of the institutional and corporate clients division & ESG Jean-Jacques Barberis said within the Paris Agreement the concept of a fair transition is central to net-zero economies. ...