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Investment management industry needs overhaul: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... adapt more quickly to new conditions. In many cases, organisations need to adopt transformational change as we enter a new global investment era," CFA Society Sydney president and managing director of research strategy, Asia Pacific at Morningstar, Anthony ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Morphic Ethical Equities Fund Limited, the first ethically screened global equity listed investment company in over a decade, is undertaking an initial public offering of ordinary shares after lodging its prospectus with ASIC. The company, which provides ...

Responsible investment distinguishes active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... the trend' of the passive investment juggernaut that better strengthens portfolios, according to AXA Investment Managers global head of responsible investment Matt Christensen. Investors have to have something different from the typical benchmark strategies ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... boards should ensure capacity and competence on ESG issues, and again this should be industry-led. Colonial First State Global Asset Management head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, Pablo Berrutti, said as the impact and importance of environmental ...

Australian funds rank well on ESG

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australian equity fund managers tend to rank higher than their global peers when it comes to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment decisions, Lonsec Research has found. According to the researcher's newly ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... practices in the belief that these can correlate with positive financial performance. Michele Giuditta, associate director at global analytics firm Cerulli, said although a growing percentage of firms have adopted ESG principles, determining how to implement ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... also calling on boards to include megatrends in their risk profiling. She said megatrends can be characterised as "major global societal and transformative forces that present material risks and opportunities to companies and their shareholders - such ...

Impact investing on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Two global asset managers were in Australia recently with the aim of spreading their message about trends in impact investing and its suitability for institutional investors. Sustainability specialist at RobecoSAM Private Equity, Silva Dezelan, said ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Rio Tinto is supportive of a resolution co-filed by US pension fund CalPERS requesting the global mining giant provide an annual report on environmental risks and opportunities associated with climate change. CalPERS holds about 250,000 shares in Rio ...

Impact investments the next wave for RI

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Impact investments are seen as the next wave to flow from the global trend of purchasing alternative assets to help build responsible investment portfolios. In its 2016 Responsible Investment Outlook, AXA Investment Managers said impact investing will ...