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Opportunities in EM debt rebound: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... seeing continued re-openings, for better or worse." It identifies "trouble spots" as Lebanon, Argentina, Zambia, Ecuador and Sri Lanka, and expects further EM countries to be added to the list.

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... declined to comment on Toth's promotion. First State Super dropped Rio Tinto from its socially responsible investment (SRI) option following meetings with the mining company and UniSuper said it expected Rio Tinto to take "appropriate accountability" ...

Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... of trustee and RE services in Australia." The EMIIF will operate in countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and other Pacific Islands. ...

Pendal adds SRI lense to multi-asset fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Pendal has increased the consideration of sustainability factors in its multi-asset target return fund, in what it claims is an Australian first. The global investment manager has introduced a new set of screens to its $189 million multi-asset target ...

Best Australian equities funds, with risk considered

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... the highest Share ratio (0.1), Sortino Ratio (0.1), Omega Ratio (1.3) and Information Ratio (1.6). Perpetual's Ethical SRI Fund scored the best on volatility with lowest standard deviation (14.1%) and semi standard deviation (14.7%). To contrast ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... at Juukan Gorge last month. First State Super has dropped Rio Tinto from the diversified socially responsible investment (SRI) and single sector SRI Australian equities options it offers its 800,000 members, following urgent meetings with the mining ...

QIC appoints executive director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The $80 billion fund manager has hired BMO Global Asset Management's Asia Pacific managing director as an executive director as the incumbent retires. Ravi Sriskandarajah will join QIC as executive director, client solutions and capital on September ...

Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... will use fundamental analysis and proprietary sustainability assessments, as the Martin Currie takes the view that a simple SRI strategy with negative screening alone can have limitations for benchmark-relative strategies. Hence, the new strategy will ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... selected indexes, representing a range of ESG index construction approaches, outperformed the parent index in Q1 2020, with the SRI index showing the strongest performance over all periods. The research found a number of regional and sub-regional ESG ...

Financial Standard Holiday Cooking Guide 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... mild chicken curry hit Damien Mu, chief executive of AIA Australia said: "While I am proud born and bred Aussie, I have a Sri Lankan heritage and this recipe was a family favourite. I'm happy to say that it now one of my kids' favourite dishes ...