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Investment teams hire two men for every woman: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... spectrum of beneficiaries we seek to assist." Moving away from gender, the study also found the number of asset managers disclosing investment team ethnicity has dropped from 39% in 2021 to 32%. Black investment professionals comprise just 2% of teams ...

Super fund climate risk assessment results released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... existing risk management and governance frameworks. The guide outlines better practice for identifying, managing and disclosing financial risks of climate change in line with the TCFD. The guide outlines best practice across five pillars - identifying ...

FSC guidance looks to eliminate greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... investment managers needing to clearly describe its general, financial, and specific carbon or environmental objectives. In disclosing a fund's objectives, the FSC said best practice is to outline any financial objectives linked to the consideration ...

Net zero commitments in ASX200 companies doubles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... companies to price carbon into their decision making," ACSI said. It added that most companies are now adopting and disclosing against the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), with 103 either fully or partially aligning their disclosure ...

Bendigo Bank agrees to buy ANZ margin lending book

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... first half of next year and will be funded through the ordinary course of operations, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank said. Disclosing the sale to the ASX, ANZ said the divestment is consistent with its simplification strategy and does not represent a material ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... the product with the words 'you can have peace of mind knowing that your super is in great hands', without disclosing that the product had failed the test. The Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) also had an image of a tick of approval," ASIC's ...

Squirrel Super to pay over false property claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... believe it would cease distribution again. But it didn't, and instead sent the brochure a further 112 times without disclosing this to ASIC. In August 2018 the company told ASIC the brochure had only been distributed 602 times, but ASIC found that to ...

State Street on how it will vote

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... opportunities, which in turn will help investors like us support companies on this journey." The TCFD requests include disclosing board oversight of climate-related risks and opportunities, total direct and indirect scope 1 and 2 emissions and targets ...

Super funds handed holdings disclosure win

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... type now the requirement as opposed to individual valuations per unlisted asset. Industry stakeholders were concerned disclosing the exact value of each asset would impact funds' ability to negotiate asset sales and thereby impact returns to members. ...

APRA to disclose MySuper product YFYS test values

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... results, the measure of underperformance beyond 50bps wasn't disclosed. Ellis said APRA met its obligations in disclosing the results as it did and is open to doing things differently going forward. "So, we fulfilled our obligations under the legislation ...