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A new landscape for sustainable investing in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
In its recent Sustainable Investing Trends report, Morningstar Sustainalytics provided a comprehensive review of sustainable investing in 2025 and market insights for the new year. Characterising 2025 as an "undeniably challenging year for ESG and sustainable ...

Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... concerns around technology and health have become increasingly dominant, and the prominence of climate change and environmental risk perceptions has decreased," Wainwright said. "As one of Australia's largest life insurers, the emergence of declining ...

ART hires from Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Bradford has been in the role at Cbus for seven years. Prior to that, she spent almost a decade in various environmental risk roles with GE Capital. "As a profit-for-members superannuation fund, we believe integrating environmental, social and governance ...

HSBC receives ESG accolades, criticism on same day

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... gave HSBC kudos for making climate risk a strategic priority, having net zero commitments, and integrating environmental risk into asset management operations.

Greenwashing scrutiny needed: Evergreen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
ASIC's research project into the extent of greenwashing in the investment management industry should be commended, according to Evergreen Consultants. "ESG or responsible investing is arguably the single largest trend in the investment universe today," ...

ASIC review of ESG products underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator has confirmed it is undertaking a review of ESG funds, analysing whether they're as 'green' as they claim to be. Writing on the aims of the review, ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said there is growing anxiety as to the risks ...

ASIC looks to tighten crypto ETP oversight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... entities disclose market risk, pricing risk, immutability, increased regulation risk, custody risk, cyber risk and environmental risk. "We also consider that minimum standards as to pricing, risk management and custody should apply regardless of an entity's ...

Commonwealth Super awards mandate for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... Australian client and joins a growing roster of forward-thinking investors who are addressing the issues of environmental risk in their portfolios, while simultaneously targeting a better risk-adjusted return, to meet the long-term funding requirements ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Despite the growing emphasis on sustainability and the mainstream nature of ESG considerations, investors are still struggling to find adequate data to inform their decisions. This is according to BlackRock's 2020 Global Sustainable Investing Survey ...

Northern Trust launches ESG capability

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... clients, many of which are asset owners such as pension and super funds, will now be able to analyse specific environmental risk indicators for their investments. A Northern Trust spokesperson confirmed the capability will be available for the custodian's ...
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