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More climate risk action needed: SSGA

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
State Street Global Advisors said it has prioritised a deeper examination of ESG integration across its investment strategies as it released its Annual Stewardship Report for 2019. While environmental, social, and governance considerations has always ...

Hejaz climbs Islamic fund ladder

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Hejaz Financial Services announced its flagship fund, the Global Ethical Fund, has outperformed Australia's other Islamic investment funds during FY19. It achieved gross returns of 6.82% per annum, while Crescent Wealth generated 4.56% per annum. ...

Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... AIM's proprietary SPECTRUM Bond selection process was recently named the Best Fixed Income Firm Initiative for ESG Investment Process by the UK's Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards. SPECTRUM identifies investments based on criteria ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... in light of the European Union's new ecolabel for environmentally friendly investments. AMP Capital head of ESG investment research Ian Woods believes impact-washing poses a serious threat to the impact investing movement and the wider ethical investing ...

Top performing ESG options revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
In honour of World Environment Day, Rainmaker has ranked the top performing ESG investment options offered by superannuation funds. Latest Rainmaker analysis shows ESG options offered by super funds are some of the most consistent performers over one ...

Aberdeen Standard hires ESG investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... Aberdeen Standard Investments recruited Local Government Super's former responsible investment lead as its ESG investment director. Bill Hartnett will relocate to London to support ASI's emerging markets and Asia-Pacific team in the newly created ...

Former Cbus executive joins Tasplan board

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... complement the current skillset on the board to drive our growth strategy," Edwards said. "Her appreciation of ESG investment philosophies will also see her bring a different view to strategic investing and opportunities for Tasplan and we look forward ...

Super ESG options can outperform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
The average ESG investment option offered by Australia's superannuation funds outperformed the average MySuper default product in the 12 months to 30 September. Rainmaker analysis shows 68 super funds currently offer a total of 639 ESG investment options ...

AMP Capital expands ESG investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
AMP Capital will soon have two leaders in its sustainable investment team following a global search for a co-head to work alongside Ian Woods. There's also been an internal promotion. From November 12, Emily Woodland joins AMP Capital as co-head of ...

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... more effective and more robust. At the same time, we see increased demand from the market for different forms of ESG investment including exclusions and tilts," he said. He went on to explain the European Commission is working heavily in the areas of ...