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New fixed income boutique launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... chief investment officer. Kylie-Anne Richards, formerly a portfolio manager at prop trading firm QTR Capital, is the head of ESG. Peter Higgs, founder of Brisbane-based specialist global derivative and currency overlay asset management firm TGM, is the ...

Majority of Aussies want SG rise: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... expect to see a greater proportion of retirees relying less on the Age Pension and more on their superannuation," Fahy said. On ESG factors, the survey found that super members approve of funds being active on ESG issues. About 64% of those surveyed ...

Morningstar's conviction weakened on BlackRock fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... is well supported by BlackRock's global platform and can leverage capital markets, risk and quantitative analysis, and ESG teams, we would prefer them to focus on one strategy." The fund's investment process focuses on high quality industrials ...

AMP Capital ESG lead jumps to Platypus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... found a new role, after departing the troubled investment giant in October. Kristen Le Mesurier has been appointed head of ESG and engagement at Platypus Asset Management. She was with AMP Capital for more than five years, most recently managing the ...

BetaShares tinkers with ETF lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... Growth ETF (DGGF), Diversified Balanced ETF (DBBF) and Diversified Conservative Income ETF (ASX: DZZF) will start screening for ESG factors, making them the first range of ethical diversified ETFs. The underlying ETFs used will change. The fees for all ...

Super funds bullish on hiring

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... Recruitment activity in the superannuation industry has surged as many want to hire professionals skilled in the areas of data, ESG and risk, Kaizen Recruitment data reveals. Less than 5% of superannuation fund executives told the specialist recruiter ...

Healthcare dominates impact investing: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... followed by improved education, mitigating poverty and racial equity and social justice. American Century vice president, head of ESG and investment stewardship Guillaume Mascotto said even though healthcare ranked lower in Germany, the pandemic has ...

Northern Trust scores win in Vanguard reversal

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... allocation, with some exclusions. Northern Trust will use a factor-based strategy using quality and value factors, with an ESG and carbon reduction overlay. In sovereign debt, Northern Trust will stick to the index strategy that Vanguard ran for ANZ ...

Pendal appoints head of institutional

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... deeply experienced institutional team," a Pendal spokesperson said, adding a core part of her work will include expanding ESG footprint. Ashton has over two decades of experience, including roles at Deutsche, BNP Paribas and hedge fund sales at CitiGroup. ...

AllianceBernstein hires two ESG leaders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... focus. Jodie Tapscott has been appointed director of strategy, responsible investing and Amelia Sexton will step into the ESG product specialist role. Tapscott joins from Sustainalytics where she was director, client relations and head of Asia ex Japan. ...