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ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... my understanding, [that] will prevent them to do that." When voting, Press said trustees must consider their investment policy around voting as well as the financial interests of their members. Overall, it falls on the circumstances of each trustee and ...

FIRB updates guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... convertible note facilities in respect of certain transactions. Treasury is set to commence a review of the foreign investment policy framework in the coming weeks, with the review to be completed by December 10. "Investors should seek advice from key ...

Fund managers failing value assessments: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... and May 2021 by the Financial Conduct Authority found that active managers do not seriously consider how their investment policy, strategy and fees work together to deliver value for investors. Such managers assessed their fund performance by comparing ...

KPMG promotes two super experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... Services Council prior to joining KPMG, working in a senior policy management role covering financial advice and investment policy development. Julie Dolan was recently made a partner, having joined KPMG two years ago. She is currently the head of self-managed ...

APAC lagging on net zero goal: Survey

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... CoreData Research, Robeco's 2021 Global Climate Survey found climate change is already a significant factor in the investment policy of around 73% of investors surveyed. Nearly all respondents indicated that they already have a formal policy on climate ...

AIA under fire for coal holdings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... sectors which are not compatible with its brand is not an alien concept for AIA. According to its responsible investment policy, the life insurer excludes companies manufacturing tobacco and cluster ammunition from its investment portfolio without any ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... manager search is underway. "The temporary investment will be made in accordance with ESSSuper's Responsible Investment Policy. This excludes tobacco and controversial weapons investments but has fewer ethical exclusions than the Ethically Minded ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... thermal coal, oil sands and arctic drilling. NEST, home to more than nine million members, has introduced a new investment policy aimed at achieving net-zero status by 2050 or earlier. It expects carbon emissions in its portfolio will have halved by ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... correct mechanism to achieve this." A First State Super spokesperson said that the fund updated its responsible investment policy and voting policy in July 2019 and since then has supported 100% of climate related votes at company AGMs internationally ...

Regulator clamps down on misleading ESG fund names

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... ESG as an investment strategy (to which the names rule does not apply) and accordingly do not impose an 80% investment policy, while others appear to treat ESG as a type of investment (which is subject to the names rule)." The SEC noted that in an "increasingly ...