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Bloomberg launches ESG ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Bloomberg has launched proprietary environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, which it says will help to provide transparent, data driven insights into company performance. Initially, Bloomberg will offer environmental and social scores for ...

CEFC makes first foray into industrial investments

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... range of large tenants," he said. "With long-term industrial tenants looking for more sustainable property to help meet their ESG targets, the industrial property sector provides important opportunities to further decarbonise the economy." There are ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... core or defensive undertone, bfinance said, whether they had a quality, low volatility, low tracking error/active risk, or ESG focus. There had been no demand for value equity strategies in any region, it said, with very few investors willing to bet ...

Magellan readies lower-cost funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... primary listing venue) by the end of the year. The inaugural set of three includes the MFG Core International Fund, MFG Core ESG Fund and the MFG Core Infrastructure Fund - all for 50bps a year, which is almost half of what Magellan charges. But the ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... when the fund is between managers, plug an unwanted risk exposure, add or remove emerging market exposure, quickly address ESG-related concerns or even chase less orthodox return sources such as equity put and call writing," Briant said. "A valuable ...

Perpetual launches two ESG funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
Perpetual Investments has launched two ESG global equities funds from Trillium for the Australia and New Zealand market. The first, Trillium ESG Global Equity Fund hold 70-150 stocks, excluding fossil fuels and integrating ESG research. Perpetual has ...

MySuper returns negative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... balanced option and UniSuper's sustainable balanced option were the best performing balanced options with 5.3%. The Rainmaker ESG Diversified Index returned 0.3% over the financial year to significantly outperform the MySuper index by a 125 basis points. ...

First company lists on Sydney Stock Exchange

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... offers a six-week listing process focused on Australian companies. The exchange is the only venue in Australia with a dedicated ESG board, and the exchange expects listings to go live on that board in the last quarter of 2020. Torque Metals managing ...

Investment committees not up to scratch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... owners are using advanced best-practice governance to unlock the complexities of modern investment, notably when dealing with ESG considerations, and employing TPA helps the integrated thinking required," Urwin said. "We believe that this crisis will ...

Invesco inks ESG plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Invesco is setting out its ESG framework in line with the Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD) framework in its inaugural climate change report. The US$1 trillion fund manager signed the Statement of Support for the TCFD in March 2019, aiming ...