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Aware Super leads on climate action: IGCC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... is managing climate change risk and transitioning its portfolio to a low-carbon economy while delivering long term, sustainable returns. This is according to the Investor Group on Climate Change, which placed Aware in a list of global asset owners leading ...

EQT expands European footprint

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
Equity Trustees has launched a second global equity UCITS fund for a sustainable investment firm based in the UK. Equity Trustees is the appointed UCITS Management Company to the Gateway UCITS Funds, supporting the launch of the Ecofin Renewables Infrastructure ...

Best-performing default funds revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... topped 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 ...

New head of ESG at American Century

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
The $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 ...

IFM Investors PE portfolio carbon neutral

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... is focused on driving net returns for our investors, but we do believe it's also important to build successful, sustainable businesses," Wardman-Browne said. "We believe that we can deliver the kind of returns that our investors are looking for from ...

Future Super acquires Aon's super business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... acquisition will help us scale for the long term, enabling us to become one of the largest and most cost-effective sustainable impact investors and asset managers in Australia." Close to 50 employees will transfer to Future Super as part of the transaction ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... senior responsible investment manager Katharina Lindmeier said. "At Nest we aim to work with companies to encourage sustainable business decisions but will draw the line somewhere. The five companies being excluded have not done enough to convince us ...

Firetrail Investments launches global equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... to invest sustainably while not sacrificing outperformance," Gray said. The problem with traditional approaches to sustainable investing is they are backwards looking, he added. "Companies that have already been identified as high quality, sustainable ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Efforts to become more sustainable will challenge many firms and perhaps even bankrupt some, experts from MFS Investment Management have noted. In a new research note, MFS global investment strategist Robert Almeida and research analyst Robert Wilson ...

Kelly Partners acquires Canberra firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... a top 100 accounting firm. "We believe that this scale in each location makes our businesses more competitive and sustainable, and more attractive to clients as well as talent." Kelly Partners Group Holdings shares are down 1.35%to $3.65 at market close. ...