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US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... retirement. However, in the explanatory background to the proposal the US DOL addresses environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing of pension fund assets specifically. It referred back to findings the DOL made in 2018 on the relationship between ...

ETP market winners revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... in ETP FUM and State Street is fourth largest with over $6 billion. However, BetaShares remains the dominant player in the ESG ETP space, with 73% of the funds under management, 71% of 12 month net funds flow and 72% of the 12 months revenue. In the ...

AMP Capital revamps leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... commenced and she will remain throughout a sufficient handover period, AMP Capital said. Director, people, culture and corporate ESG Madeleine Mac Mahon has also resigned, with AMP Capital people and culture business partners Lisa Hurley and Lauren Crystal ...

Morningstar creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... regions, effective immediately. Morningstar said the newly created role reflects its continued investments in growing its ESG research, including its newly-completed acquisition of ESG research and ratings firm Sustainalytics. Bioy, who most recently ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... as many pension funds look towards infrastructure projects (particularly electricity generation and transmission) that meet ESG objectives, the report noted. Central bank reserve portfolio's average allocation to gold inched up from 4.2% in 2019 ...

BlackRock offers update on dumping coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... There was a huge increase in social engagements too, up 146% from 353 in 2018-2019 to 870 in 2019-2020. Governance remains the ESG issue that BlackRock engages on the most though. In 2018-2019 BlackRock engaged on governance issues 1931 times and in ...

Australian Ethical posts record results

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... Financial Standard the results prove that ethical, sustainable investments can generate market leading results. "At the moment ESG funds are outperforming their peers, and I hope that continues," he said. "Ethical investments are very much in the mainstream ...

Spaceship Super gets boost from Voyager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... interest in adviser-controlled market. "From a product development opportunity, we are in the middle of actively looking at an ESG option, which marries up with the customer demand for ESG," he says. Plans for superannuation offering Spaceship Super ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a new integrated ESG policy statement for its global funds management business. The new ESG policy includes a proprietary 10-point ESG scoring system to evaluate its asset management teams on their level of ...

Multi-boutique adds to US team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... publications. In addition to his expertise in accessing international markets, he has an extensive background in sustainability and ESG investing," Bennelong said in a statement. At the same time, Barbara Safranek, who joined BennBridge US in March 2019 ...