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Regulator clamps down on misleading ESG fund names

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... approximately 65 funds (excluding unit investment trusts) included the terms ESG, clean, environmental, impact, responsible, social, or sustainable in their names as of 31 December 2007. At 31 December 2019, that number sat at 291.

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... impassioned response from Future Fund acting chief executive officer Cameron Price, who reiterated that the fund does not "have a social impact mandate". "I think as Mr Neal said at the last estimates, we have an investment mandate to generate a long-term ...

EQT bolsters board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... fund "exceptional individuals and organisations focused on strengthening gender equality, creativity, sustainability and social justice". EQT chair Jeff Kennett said Schwartz's excellent reputation precedes her. "Schwartz has outstanding leadership ...

Pinnacle boutique eyes wholesale market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... holds a portfolio of 20 assets based in Australia and New Zealand in sectors such as airports, ports, renewable energy and social infrastructure. It delivered total return of 12.7% per annum, over five years to December end. Of this, 8.9% is gross annualised ...

Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... and forced to sell the same memberships to other to earn commissions. According to the complaint, MOBE used online ads, social media, and live events to target US consumers and "swindled" hundreds of millions of dollars, which the company then transferred ...

Hollywood actor charged by SEC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... and $1,140,000 (US$750,000) worth of bitcoin tokens from Bitcoiin2Gen (B2G) for his promotions. Seagal made posts to his social media accounts encouraging the public not to "miss out" of B2G's initial coin offering (ICO). The SEC said Seagal put out ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... $1.6 billion in total assets," Zaychuk said. "This mild take-up could be due to the lower penetration of environmental, social and governance strategies into portfolios, a lack of familiarity with the product set, their relatively short performance histories ...

Chief economist update: A sensationalised version of the flu?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... ever-multiplying infection from the coronavirus. It's a rational reaction to the sensationalist headlines dished out by social, print and broadcast (radio and TV) media. Websites have even popped up tracking live updates of infections from the virus. ...

Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... shift to the forefront of investment strategy. "Managers have been responding to a growing awareness of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues among young investors who would like their investments to be aligned with their personal values," ...

Blockchain startup raises $68m, ordered to return funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... subsidiary, Enigma ENG International and paid promoters "to tout Enigma as a good investment opportunity" on blog posts, social media and discussion boards. The startup told investors it would use the funds to develop a digital trading platform and a ...