ESG
Funds management
The Global Core Impact Bond strategy will offer an actively managed, multi-currency global bond portfolio that invests across global fixed income markets....
Funds management
Magellan chair Hamish Douglass has hit out at “arrogant” asset managers who are seeking to control net zero emissions in their portfolios although it could offer a low ca...
Superannuation
There is a “seismic shift” among industry super funds to focus on carbon reporting, according to Research Affiliates, as Australia wakes up to it lagging behind the rest ...
Financial planning
Current environmental, social and governance funds that only screen out negative industries and are heavy on technology have “hamstrung” advisers looking for sustainable ...
Funds management
Bell Asset Management is holding an underweight to Asia-Pacific as it is struggling to find smaller companies in the region that meet its environmental, social and govern...
Funds management
Zenith Investments Partners has announced the completion of a rollout of its responsible investment classifications across funds on its approved product list....
Funds management
The refinancing of the Royal Adelaide Hospital using social and green loans could set a precedent for public/private partnerships, according to Aberdeen Standard Investme...
Funds management
It is the first equity environmental, social and governance exchange traded funds to be offered in the Australian market....
Financial planning
AMP has expanded its managed portfolio offer with additional options for the MyNorth Sustainable and Zenith ranges with further additions planned in due course....
Financial planning
The asset manager said it was particularly focused on sustainability in emerging markets as it became the latest manager to sign up to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiat...
Funds management
Copia has entered into an agreement with global asset manager TT International to distribute its Global Environmental Impact fund in Australia....
Financial planning
Clients with sustainable goals are more than twice as likely as those without to switch provider if they feel their adviser is letting them down. ...
Financial planning
Advisers are grappling with the ‘scarcity of sustainability’ in portfolios as they find a smaller universe of investments for clients seeking sustainable options....
Financial planning
It aims to be the most comprehensive environmental, social and governance rating index on the market, which will help advisers better navigate responsible investment opti...
Funds management
Global indices which exclude fossil fuels have outperformed those which include them but this is not the case for Australia thanks to companies such as Whitehaven Coal se...
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