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Shareholders in listed companies on global stock markets have been rewarded with more than $500 billion in dividends during the second quarter of the year – a record for investor payouts, according to analysis by asset manager Janus Henderson. But despite dividends hitting an all-time quarterly high of $513.8 billion, the year-on-year growth has slowed to a mere 1.1 percent, compared with 14 percent this time last year, the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index hi...

What are Neuberger Berman’s assets under management? As of December 2018, $304 billion. When did you join the firm and what is the scope of your role? I joined two years ago in April 2017. My role is to lead the ESG investing activities across the whole company – our equities business and also our fixed-income and alternatives businesses. We’ve had a dedicated sustainable equity team since 1989, but when I joined ...

As a portfolio manager, how do you interact with other teams within CalSTRS on ESG issues? The group I’m in used to be called corporate governance; we recently changed our name to sustainable investment and stewardship strategies. CalSTRS has had ESG considerations in the investment department for decades, [but] around 15 years ago we started to build out our capacity to understand and act on ESG issues. Back then, my CIO Christopher Ailman ...

What is the history of Spouting Rock and who are its clients? Spouting Rock began as a single family office. It was founded by our current president, Blakely Page. He had been doing investments for his own family – he has a long career on Wall Street – and then the firm established a merchant bank and broker-dealer side. In 2017 it started an asset management division. We have a handful of investment products; they’re not necessarily go...