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Aussie small-cap fund returns 40%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... (19.7% p.a.), and diversified growth (12.8% p.a.) were the sectors that delivered the best results. The sustainable investing sector (10.6% p.a.) and Australian equities large cap (10.6% p.a.) came equal fourth place. In terms of the top products, over ...

Robeco introduces new indices

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... the new indices it aims to offer a solution that combines two trends in the market: index investing and sustainable investing. The indices are transparent to clients, but aim to mitigate the risk of other market participants benefiting from public information ...

Cannon-Brookes invests in renewables transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
Mike Cannon-Brookes continues to make a play for the sustainable investing sector, injecting $200 million into an initiative that will help accelerate the nation's renewable energy transition. The Cannon-Brookes-backed Grok Ventures allocated the ...

BlackRock strengthens Australasia, APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... increasingly sophisticated investment goals - including whole portfolio solutions and alternatives through to sustainable investing." "I am very excited to be joining BlackRock and look forward to partnering with the team, with an immense focus on understanding ...

Fidelity hires from Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... vacated by Katie Constance, who is relocating back to the UK and transitioning to a role within Fidelity's sustainable investing team based in London. "We're fortunate at Fidelity to have an extensive global network which enables our people to move internally ...

Environmental goals edge out social issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... strategies over social ones as the former is more tangible and easier to measure. According to Robeco head of sustainable investing research Rachel Whittaker, environmental factors such as emissions and water usage are measurable and easier to define ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... insurers will ramp up their environmental, social and governance priorities to be ahead of the curve on sustainable investing. More than 70% already integrate ESG factors into the investment process, up from 32% in March 2020. "There is a dramatic and ...

YFYS could dampen ESG adoption: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
The Your Future, Your Super reforms could potentially threaten the adoption of sustainable investing strategies, new research from Parametric shows. Parametric's analysis focused on super fund portfolio tracking error, which is a key driver of YFYS ...

Best-performing default funds revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... the tables, returning 19.3% p.a. followed by TelstraSuper with 18.5% p.a. and Aware with 18.4% p.a. On the sustainable investing front, UniSuper's Global Environmental Opportunities fund continues to dominate returns over one, three, five and seven-year ...

New head of ESG at American Century

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... $250 billion global investment manager American Century Investments has appointed a new head of ESG and sustainable investing. Sarah Bratton Hughes joined the firm on January 3, and will also lead the ESG and investment stewardship team at American Century. ...