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Mercer expands responsible investment team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... in the US. Stamp links with Mercer having most recently served as a senior consultant in KPMG's human rights and social impact team. He previously held a role with the consultant as a social auditor. During his time at KPMG Stamp worked with a vast array ...

Natixis unveils ESG global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... responsible investment manager with investments in equities, infrastructure, green bonds, natural capital strategies and social impact investing. Paris-based Mirova's investment team tests companies' ESG credentials but doesn't overlook business models ...

EQT names manager for major philanthropy client

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... responsibility manager at PwC Australia. "I've been lucky to have worked with some of the cleverest people in the social impact sector over the past 15 years and am thrilled to join the team of specialists at EQT," Hepworth said. "The William Buckland ...

FTSE Russell launches gender diversity indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... Women on Boards Leadership Index Series is designed to integrate a company's gender diversity leadership and its social impact into a broad market benchmark. The two indices, the FTSE All-Share Women on Boards Leadership Index and the Russell 1000 Women ...

SuperFriend launches employer engagement framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... believe the life insurance and superannuation industries have a crucial role to play in reducing the financial and social impact of mental illness and supporting members' wellbeing," Lydon said.

Industry rolls out anti-sexual harassment ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... founder and president Ethan Powell will manage the fund. As a non-profit organisation, it is aiming to maximise social impact with market returns and plans to launch a suite of ETFs in the areas of affordable healthcare and housing, the arts and veterans' ...

Standard Life launches impact fund, appoints managers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... Development Goals. The criteria are that stocks "support the delivery of measurable, positive environmental and social impact while seeking to generate strong financial returns"; that Aberdeen Standard engages takes a bottom-up, company-specific approach ...

Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... Summit. Participants at the summit noted information was largely inaccessible throughout the year, according to Social Impact Hub director Jessica Roth. "The Australian impact investing market is forecast to exceed $32 billion by 2022, but the only way ...

Stressed Aussies increasingly tempted to access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... significant levels of financial stress last year. This is a key finding from research conducted by the Centre for Social Impact and NAB, which shows reports of people seeking advice increased from 4.8% in 2015 to 7.8% in 2016. Positively, this year a ...

Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... Summit. Participants at the summit noted information was largely inaccessible throughout the year, according to Social Impact Hub director Jessica Roth. "The Australian impact investing market is forecast to exceed $32 billion by 2022, but the only way ...