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The boomer boom is over: AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... account, they are uninterested and unengaged with it." Changing demographics and culture will see a greater preference for ESG and greater access to investment structures and asset classes such as private equity and private credit, and innovations in ...

ISPT targets success with revamped leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... role, Steven Peters is now the group's chief sustainability officer. ISPT said this new role reinforces its commitment to ESG, "embedding it further to deliver value that underpins the business' wider ambitions." Bringing about 20 years' experience in ...

Aussie small caps, property funds in the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
... best performers, each achieving over 22% p.a. The other sectors - credit (2.9% p.a.), emerging market equities (2.6% p.a.), ESG (2.1% p.a.), diversified growth (2.5% p.a.) and Australian income equities (2.4% p.a.) - turned in positive returns on a median ...

High value investors playing it safe: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... the need for diversification in their portfolios as well as the past performance of managers, tax effectiveness, and ethical/ESG factors. "This suggests HVIs have a considered investment plan and strategy in place to achieve specific purposes - and they ...

Decade-long Santos well leak prompts investor concern

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... option Core Strategy, a spokesperson said. "We are an active owner and believe that engaging with companies as a shareholder on ESG risks is one of the most effective ways of protecting members' interests," a Rest spokesperson said. "Rest engages ...

Treasury mandates APRA consider climate risks in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... The strategy will include development of new standards and taxonomy and initiatives to reduce greenwashing and strengthen ESG labelling. The government is also introducing a sovereign green bonds program. The treasurer last month announced the government ...

Super funds consider future of PwC contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... superannuation funds that hold contracts with PwC. An examination of the largest superannuation funds that are considered "ESG Leaders" by Rainmaker Information has found that four funds - AustralianSuper, UniSuper, HESTA and Rest - use PwC for various ...

Super fund ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
Super fund ESG options on average have "sharply reduced" exposure to BHP, Woodside Energy and Transurban while being overweight CSL, Telstra and ResMed, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information has released its most recent Rainmaker ...

HNW population sees biggest decline in decade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... the global unpredictability, HNWIs and wealth management firms remain interested in alternative investments and notably in ESG products, too," Capgemini said. While many HNWIs said they're enthusiastic towards alternative assets, wealth management firms ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
Greenhushing - in which companies stop all voluntary disclosure of ESG information - is just another form of greenwashing, according to ASIC chair Joe Longo. In a public speech, Longo provided additional context to the market regulator's focus on ESG ...