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22 February 2021 • By Sarah Simpkins • 1 min read

Investors firing asset managers over ESG

More than two-fifths of investors have cited ESG issues as a contributing factor to terminating their mandates with an asset manager, according to a ...

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Two-fifths of investors yet to act on climate concerns

The majority of institutional investors believe climate change is very or somewhat important, but 40 per cent are yet to incorporate the crisis into ...

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Impact Investing chief to go

The chief executive of Impact Investing Australia is set to depart the organisation after four years in the top job.  Sally McCutchan will step ...

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Aus active managers rising in virus mayhem

The bulk of Australian equity funds beat the index through the 12 months to January, according to new data from Australian Fund Monitors

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Texas deep-freeze good news for Macquarie

Macquarie has received a surprise windfall off the back of freak weather conditions in the US. Just weeks after it provided an update to the ...

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BOQ’s big scale play

Bank of Queensland is hoping that its $1.3 billion acquisition of ME Bank will give it the scale it needs to take on the ascendant big four as the ...

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BOQ to buy ME Bank

Bank of Queensland has announced it will purchase industry fund-owned ME Bank for $1.325 billion. ME Bank’s shareholders – who represent 26 ...

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Aussie dividends drop 38%

More than three in five companies cut or cancelled dividend payments as the effects of COVID-19 rolled through the economy, according to Janus ...

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Hume dismisses call to raid super for housing 

Superannuation Minister Jane Hume has denied the government is considering a backbencher's proposal to allow first home buyers to withdraw retirement ...

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How Federated Hermes will get a bigger piece of the super pie

EXCLUSIVE The international asset manager thinks it can crack Australia’s $3 trillion superannuation market by leveraging its responsible investing ...

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