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Vanguard tops US social media rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
The US branch of Vanguard has topped a survey of asset managers who were ranked for their prowess in social media, with debate about the medium's impact in Australia's wealth management raging on. Kasina, a specialist research group, rated asset managers ...

Mercer awards three new mandates worth nearly $1 billion

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Portfolio now has five managers including Intrinsic, Perennial, Tyndall, Alleron and Ausbil Dexia. Quantitative asset managers Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership won the right to rule a $150 million mandate within the Overseas Shares Small Companies ...

Bennelong appoints distribution specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... working alongside Adam Tweedale and Tim Bolger. Bennelong recently added Avoca Investment Management to its suite of asset managers that also includes Australian Equity Partners and Bennelong Long Short Equity Management. "We're excited about the momentum ...

Super funds fail green assessment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... high carbon to low carbon investment." Despite this, the report found that only 0.3 per cent of asset owners and asset managers are invested in low carbon technology and clean energy even though asset consultant Mercer has recommended an allocation of ...

Sunsuper appoints ESG specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... current and perspective fund managers. Sunsuper, which has more than one million members, formally reviews all asset managers once a year. Sunsuper said that Wilson would report on the fund's governance activities to internal stakeholders and work with ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... Corp has an overall rating of 5, while Insurance Australia Group scores 4.8. Globally, 227 asset owners and 496 asset managers have committed to integrating ESG considerations into their investment and stewardship approaches by signing up to the United ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... what ATMs and online banking did for banks. Bluedoor 2.0 will give financial institutions, fund administrators and asset managers access to straight-through processing of term deposits and will enable them to automatically rebalance their model portfolios ...

LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... superior occupancy rates," said Peter Lambert, chief executive, LGS. GRESB was created by a number of funds and asset managers, representing $1.4 trillion in assets under management, including ATP, Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund, Aviva Investors and ...

Northern Trust lands QIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... Australia and New Zealand, said the decision reflected Northern Trust's strength in market-leading solutions for asset managers and asset owners in the region. "We look forward to supporting QIC's continued growth in the Australian fund market, as well ...

Funds must invest in ESG expertise

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... represent in the valuations of the companies analysed," said Donohue. Global sovereign wealth, major public funds and asset managers with around $22 trillion of AUM have already committed to the UN Principles of Responsible Investing programme.