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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 ...

AMP Capital appoints NZ lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... managing director and head of clients for its New Zealand business. Rebekah Swan, currently NZ head of product and ESG investment specialist, is set to step into the role having been with AMP Capital for close to 19 years. AMP Capital global head of ...

ESG bringing the family together

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Nearly 70% of those over 60-years old and 50% of those between 40 and 60-years old state their children had lead ESG investment matters for the family. But it is not just the children that consider ESG investing important with over a third of all generations ...

Global fund manager enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... in the global emergence of deploying capital to generate an impact while also earning a return. Promethos's ESG investment experience is uniquely positioned to amplify the results clients are seeking." Ivka Kalus, Promethos chief investment officer ...

Invesco inks ESG plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... and sustainable businesses. We need to be part of the solution, so we have made climate change a priority of our ESG investment activities and of our corporate responsibility," he said. The report does not provide any tangible outcomes from its existing ...