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NGS Super backs Gresham House forestry platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... investors. The strategy's investment and asset management approaches will be guided by Gresham House's Sustainable Investment Policy and Forestry Charter. This code follows national and international sustainable forest management standards and has embedded ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... 28-billion-pound ($56.4bn) mandate, also with State Street, due to misalignment with the pension fund's sustainable investing policy, awarding the business to Invesco and Amundi. The termination of these European mandates showcases the tightrope that ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... respect to the CSLR, starting with its lack of responsiveness and reliability due to numerous exclusions and restrictive policy terms. Another issue is that the CSLR regime lacks teeth when it comes to actively enforcing its subrogation rights to pursue ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... have identified the megatrends that are likely to play out in financial markets in 2026. Speaking to Financial Standard, policy changes coming out of the US, sticky inflation and how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom progresses will be the major ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... help super trustees strengthen their fraud controls. The new features, dubbed the Scams and Fraud Toolkit and the Scams Policy Template, are now available and come in response to regulatory and community expectations for financial crime prevention. The ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... nation may be at an inflection point, highlighting the challenges the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will face in setting policy next year. Citi economists have changed their outlook from an assumption the RBA would remain on hold to anticipating a ...

Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... Separately, inflation will remain above 3% out to 2027, he predicted. "The outlook for 2026 is much stronger based on the policy tailwinds announced since April 2, namely US tax cuts, industrial policy investment incentives and the Federal Reserve joining ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... corporate affairs officer Tyrone O'Neil expressed the need for a fairer and more equitable super system. "We've made 10 policy recommendations to the government that we believe will support fairer and more equitable retirement outcomes for our members ...

AustralianSuper kicks off $1.1bn UK living plan with acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... within five years. AustralianSuper joined the UK government and other institutional investors, superannuation funds and policy makers at the Australian Superannuation Misson to the UK on October 20 and 21. This was to foster innovation, identify barriers ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
At its meeting yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reached a monetary policy decision to keep the cash rate unchanged at 3.6%. In explaining why, the board warned of possible rate rises in 2026 as it takes a more cautious response to inflationary ...