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ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... the state's fund management practices. Twenty-five American Republican state attorneys general are suing the US Department of Labor to halt new rules that would allow US-based retirement plans to consider ESG factors in their investment processes. ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... value creation that helps its clients meet their investing needs." News of the settlement came just hours after the US Department of Labor allowed US-based retirement plans to consider climate change and other ESG factors in their investment processes. ...

WTW names local head of investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... needs." The global firm also announced this week that its merger with Aon has been ditched following pressure from the US Department of Justice.

Aon, Willis Towers Watson terminate merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... companies said it was a mutual agreement - though the decision was forced by lack of regulatory approval in the US. The US Department of Justice had been opposed to the merger, and Aon chief executive Greg Case said the company eventually met an impasse ...

Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... specialist skills to identify fraud, advocating for whistleblowers and seeking more resources to fight fraud. The US Department of Justice's Madoff Victim Fund has distributed more than $2.7 billion to the 38,000 victims worldwide. Work is still ...

Ignition Advice appoints deputy chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Ignition Advice has named a new deputy chair and non-executive director adding to the firm's global team. Russell Scrimshaw will join the board bringing years of experience in senior executive and company director roles. Scrimshaw was previously deputy ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Canada's Scotiabank reached settlement agreements with the US Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over charges of metals market manipulation.

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Morgan will be forced to cough up more than $1.3 billion (US$920 million) after entering into an agreement with the US Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreements with ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... bank were charged over their alleged participation in the manipulation scandal in September 2019. The conduct, the US Department of Justice alleged, spanned over eight years and involved thousands of unlawful trades for precious metals futures contracts. ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... System. The letter was also signed by a number of not for profit organisations and individuals. It comes after the US Department of Labor sought to restrict the rules on how pension funds invest so that they would "not too readily treat ESG factors as ...