Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 51 - 60 of 122 results for "ESG investment"

Perpetual AUM climbs, hires in UK

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... 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 ...

Include ESG in BFID: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... retirement outcomes for members in future decades." According to Rainmaker Information, 36 superannuation funds offer ESG investment options. There are 171 such investment options with an estimated FUM on $160 billion.

ESG managed accounts on the rise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
Financial advisers are turning to managed accounts when looking to implement responsible investment solutions for their clients, new research shows. The latest SPDR ETFs/Investment Trends Managed Accounts Report showed 72% of advisers prefer to use ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders dropped by another super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... September 2020, Legalsuper and ESSSuper axed AMP Capital Ethical Leaders as the sole manager for their ethical/ESG investment options. In January 2021, LGIAsuper did the same. All three funds awarded mandates to Pendal instead.

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Close to 80% of institutional investors in the Asia Pacific region boosted their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor Survey showed ...

Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... the executives manage around $18 trillion in assets. An overwhelming majority (73%) said they plan to increase ESG investment either significantly or moderately by the end of 2021. "The move towards incorporating ESG considerations into investment decisions ...

MySuper performance recovers, hits record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
Default superannuation funds have fully recovered from COVID-induced losses, yet underperformance within the asset classes remains rife, according to new Rainmaker data. Rainmaker's November 2020 MySuper index has reached a record high, bouncing ...

Magellan launches funds on Chi-X

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
Magellan Financial Group has launched its MFG Core Series and the Magellan Sustainable Fund on Chi-X. The MFG Core series includes three funds: the MFG Core International Fund, the MFG Core ESG Fund and the MFG Core Infrastructure Fund. Magellan said ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... and asset classes that include growth, balanced, moderate (capital stable), equities, property, bonds, cash and ESG investment options. The awards also consider three, five and 10-year performance, as well as the 12 months to 30 June 2020. Taking the ...

Myer Foundation partners with Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... year to help implement a substantial portfolio restructure as part of the Myer Foundation's goal of achieving 100% ESG investment by November 2022. Former Myer Foundation president Martyn Myer, who stepped down recently after 11 years in the role, said ...