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How managers win ESG mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... Investment Trends has revealed how investors choose ESG product providers, and it's bad news for some of the big names in funds management. According to the research, conducted by Investment Trends and Australian Ethical, 87% of investors say the ...

ABC, ISH arrangement faces scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... investment [sense]," she said. Surely, Falinski said, APRA should have understood that before it got to this stage. This is a "thematic piece of work" APRA has taken on recently but there have been many issues that it has pursued that has material impact ...

New fund to invest in AI companies

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
A Melbourne boutique has launched a thematic fund that invests in businesses delivering artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. NextGen Funds Management's AI Technology Fund will invest in debt or equity in AI businesses in startup to pre-IPO life stages. ...

VFMC director nabs global role

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... investment manager's fundamental equities business across its US, Europe, global, emerging markets, hedge funds, thematic/sectors, and sustainability active strategies. Gamba has worked at BlackRock for nearly 20 years, during which he worked as ...

APRA reviews priorities in super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... develop an implementation plan that reviews unlisted asset valuations, the board of trustees' capability, and complete the thematic review on outsourcing. Before 1 January 2022, the prudential regulator wants to publish enhanced versions of the MySuper ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... the new policy statement, the sustainable investing team will focus on building their proprietary ESG scoring system, thematic research and analytics, with a key focus on climate change and carbon transition. JPMAM has $1.7 trillion ESG integrated as ...

Chi-X releases viral TraCRs stocks

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... Chi-X Australia chief executive Vic Jokovic said the new TraCRs additions provide investors with exposure to the latest thematic opportunities presented by the pandemic. "COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work, so it is only natural that it is ...

Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... embracing of sustainable investing, while 78% said financial return potential was driving uptake. And 88% are addressing thematic issues through their investment approaches. Climate change was the top environmental issue these asset owners identified ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... growth so it is important that there are experienced people on the board to guide management and ensure that shareholder funds are not wasted and are used to generate returns in excess of a company's cost of capital." Gracey believes business flexibility ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... unprecedented surge in premature deaths of vulnerable citizens, it would be ill-advised to ignore a whole series of other major thematic challenges, that themselves, are equally going to create huge pressure on the system and potential costs to life," ...