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ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... made about certain ESG screens it applied to its Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund. On March 8, the indexing giant admitted to "engaging in conduct that was liable to mislead the public and that it had made representations that were ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
NGS Super has selected Robeco for a low-carbon enhanced indexing mandate that covers nearly a quarter of the fund's international equities holdings. NGS Super chief investment officer Ben Squires confirmed the mandate is for approximately $750 million ...

Rest taps Calvert, Parametric for enhanced ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... credentials and Parametric as its implementation partner," Briant said. "This is due to our expertise in providing custom indexing solutions and reducing frictions like transaction costs, taxes, brokerage, foreign exchange costs and unintended exposures ...

Wealth managers under pressure on returns, ESG: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... products and also want passive fund holdings to drive "meaningful change at companies they invest in and expand into direct indexing." In tandem, ESG has moved to "an essential product offering and demand for direct indexing is increasing," the report ...

ESG ETP market continues to grow: Zenith

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... moment, the palette of available [ESG] options is small, but we expect it to grow over time." ESG ETPs that are based on indexing feature negative screening, positive screening and norms-based screening, and sometime combine one or more elements, Zenith ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Energy Super has selected Robeco for a $650 million global equity enhanced indexing mandate incorporating sustainability criteria. Stephen Dennis, Robeco Australia head Robeco's enhanced indexing strategy "aims to deliver better than market returns ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... that integrate ESG into their process, according to global fund manager Amundi. Gaetan Delculee, global head of ETF, indexing and smart beta sales "We have been observing a massive growth of fixed income ETF businesses for the last couple of years," ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... time, which is why investors are increasingly placing it at the top of their agenda," said Arnaud LLinas, head of ETF and indexing, Lyxor Asset Management. "However, assessing the true green credentials of an investment can be hard. The framework created ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... more innovation to come - I don't think we've seen all the innovation that we can on the passive side, or with enhanced indexing. We haven't seen a lot from enhanced ESG hedge funds. We are looking at a number of strategies in clean energy infrastructure ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... using a process not of market capitalization, which is the normal market index in Australia, but one called fundamental indexing. It's a slightly different approach and it tries to better capture the value of a company by looking at sales, dividends ...
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