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BlackRock to buy equity index firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... brand within its US wealth advisory business. Aperio will retain its investment, business development, client service, and ESG-SRI processes under the leadership of portfolio manager Ran Leshem and chief of staff Liz Michaels, who will become co-heads ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
Aware Super has tightened the screens on its socially responsible investment (SRI) option as the $97 billion fund beefs up its ESG credentials, reshuffling investment mandates in the process. The managers with SRI mandates from Aware Super include Redpoint ...

QIC strengthens sustainability leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
QIC has added a general manager, sustainability to its global real estate executive committee, effective this week. Melissa Schulz has joined QIC in the role, providing leadership across all of QIC's global real estate functions on ESG strategy and ...

Ausbil drops fees on global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... normal capped expenses. The fund holds a portfolio of about 220 stocks, using a quantitative multi-factor based model on the SRI universe. It has had a good year of performance, returning 7.6% (after fee but before taxes) to the MSCI World (net dividends ...

APRA rolls out new assessment model

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... banks, insurers and superannuation licensees, the prudential regulator announced the Supervision Risk and Intensity Model (SRI) will be rolled out this month, replacing the Probability and Impact Rating System (PAIRS) and the Supervisory Oversight and ...

ESG ETF demand rises: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... drivers for selecting ETF providers, Martellini said, but half of the respondents would like to see further developments in SRI/ESG-based ETFs and/or low-carbon ETFs. Many asset managers (45%) favour a best-in-class (positive screening) approach to SRI/ESG ...

Microcap manipulators caught out

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A ring of microcap share manipulators have had their assets frozen by the Securities and Exchange Commission after procuring US$9 million in illegal profits by defrauding retail investors. The SEC alleged in a complaint that between 2013 and 2017 Ongkaruck ...

Perpetual slashes fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... manager's wholesale funds will see fee reductions by October, including Perpetual's Wholesale Diversified Income Fund, its Ethical SRI Credit Fund, its Wholesale Dynamic Fixed Income Fund and its Wholesale Active Fixed Interest Fund. Fees on these funds ...

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" ...