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BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... assets, has terminated an $8.9 billion equity mandate with BlackRock due to the manager's misalignment with the fund's environmental, social and governance framework. According to a release, PME began reviewing its relationship with BlackRock as early ...

IFM Investors expands into Canada

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... provide essential services that power and connect communities, while supporting local employment, economic growth, and environmental progress. Establishing an office in Toronto enhances our ability to pursue new investment opportunities within the country's ...

Chalmers spurs on private sector investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... productivity growth has helped strengthen investment and helped deliver a stronger economy. "We legislated the new environmental laws, agreed new competition reforms with the states and released our artificial intelligence plan. That's more reform in ...

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 ...

IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... Australia. "We've made substantial progress on productivity reform since our roundtable in August, across housing, environmental approvals, better regulation, artificial intelligence, and simplifying trade, with more underway," Chalmers said. "We know ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... increasing risk of more frequent and more intense novel shocks likely to occur across global economies, and social and environmental systems, a focus on resilience ensures our investment portfolio remains aligned with our long-term investment goals." ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... investors. Thousands of financial institutions worldwide rely on Morningstar Sustainalytics and MSCI data to guide ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments," the article read. "Together, Morningstar Sustainalytics and MSCI are believed ...

Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... engagements in relation to 904 companies. It has concluded 85 engagements. Of these, 37% relate to governance, 32% to environmental considerations, and 31% social. It also recently announced it will vote against the $1.5 trillion pay deal proposed for ...

ASIC sues Fiducian for ESG failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... alleging it breached its duties as a responsible entity and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct about its environmental, social and governance (ESG) fund. ASIC is alleging Fiducian failed to act with care and diligence as the responsible entity ...

Alphinity takes global fund to UK, Europe

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... said. The fund will be classified as an Article 8 fund reflecting its ESG-centred investment approach that promotes environmental and social sustainability and allocates to companies that follow good governance practises. Alphinity portfolio manager ...