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New guidance to improve super funds' understanding of ESG risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... (CPG 229) and SPG 530. "Submissions noted that the current SPG 530, released in 2013, limited the consideration of ESG factors to the offering of ethical style investment options as part of the overall investment strategy," APRA said. And the regulator ...

Investors, advisers need further ESG education

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... study profiled more than 300 Australian investors and found that while 59% of respondents place high importance on ESG factors a mere one in 10 believe they are receiving a high-calibre ESG investing experience. The report revealed only 14% of investors ...

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... to reduce its carbon intensity, as previously reported by Financial Standard. At the time, Spence said: "We believe ESG factors increasingly impact investment returns and risks and contribute to us delivering sustainable growth to our members." In a ...

Rest expands sustainability mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... risks," he said. "The necessity of tackling climate change for environmental reasons is evident and the need to consider ESG factors in investment decisions has also become increasingly clear."

Insignia welcomes head of responsible investing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... already exists, while also ensuring our approach remains relevant and contemporary." Farmer added the integration of ESG factors into the investment process helps to manage risk and identify opportunities for investors. "Consideration of these factors ...

Qantas Super invests $2bn in Calvert, Goldman Sachs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... opportunities to generate great returns for members. Qantas Super chief investment officer Andrew Spence said: "We believe ESG factors increasingly impact investment returns and risks and contribute to us delivering sustainable growth to our members." ...

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided over greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... sufficient factual evidence has emerged that, contrary to the statements made in the sales prospectuses of DWS funds, ESG factors were not taken into account at all in a large number of investments," the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office said. Following ...

SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... strategies. The proposed changes would see three broad categories for ESG strategies - integration funds, which integrate ESG factors alongside non-ESG factors in investment decisions; ESG-focused founds, or "funds for which ESG factors are a significant ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary to pay US$1.5m over ESG misstatements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... the Commission will hold investment advisers accountable when they do not accurately describe their incorporation of ESG factors into their investment selection process." Without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... members." Already the Corporations Act enforced registrable superannuation entities (RSE) to disclose the extent to which ESG factors are considered in their investment process. The Act also required RSE licensees to reasonably respond to member inquiries ...