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Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... develop FTSE Russell's Asia Pacific sustainable investment product strategy and expansion. Fung has been working as an expert in ESG and sustainable investment since 2008, including providing advisory research on stewardship implementation for pension ...

Super fund director departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... said he is proud of what the fund achieved during his time on the board, particularly reinvigorating conversations around ESG factor's in the fund's investment strategy. "We are now on the frontier of being able to take another step forward on ESG. I ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
The Fidelity International Analyst Survey has revealed surprising sentiment around ESG, with 90% of analysts reporting some or all the companies they cover are focussed on ESG. In 2019, 31% of analysts surveyed said most companies they cover were stepping ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... financial advisers meet this standard. "If the client doesn't want fossil fuels in their portfolio, simply recommending an ESG product probably won't be sufficient from now on. The adviser needs to have a complete understanding of the product's underlying ...

VicSuper PM jumps for industry fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... fund's merger with First State Super, jumping ship for an industry super fund. Kim Farrant has been appointed as the head of ESG at Hostplus. She had been with VicSuper for more than two years, leading the super fund's responsible and impact ...

More engagement with custodians needed: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... funds, the internalisation of investment management, higher demand for data in investment decision making, greater support for ESG initiatives and the rise of new technologies. "It is interesting to reflect on the level of change the industry has experienced ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... note," Ross said. "Super funds continue to provide solid long term return for members." Ross acknowledged the performance of ESG investment options, noting the median performance ESG super option returned 16.2% over the last year, while the median MySuper ...

Perpetual to build US distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... Trillium Asset Management. Trillium has been around since 1982 and currently has about $5.5 billion in assets. It specialises in ESG. Perpetual will also distribute Trilium's strategies to teams down under. At the same time, Perpetual will build a US ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... Choi. Sustainable investing is gaining popularity too, as more Australians seek to align their ethical, social and governance (ESG) principles with their investment strategies. Three in 10 investors consider ESG factors when increasing or decreasing ...

SSGA to scrutinise ASX 100 directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... voting season, State Street Global Advisors will take action against board members of ASX 100 companies it feels are lagging on ESG issues. SSGA chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala has written to board members to outline the manager's new approach to ...