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LGT bolsters investment bench

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... affluent families for institutional style portfolio construction, broader access to private markets and more tailored sustainability strategies. LGT Wealth Management chief investment officer Scott Haslem said the appointments reinforced the firms focus ...

ASIC, APRA target insurers' TPD product sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... channels, a recent roundtable heard. ASIC and APRA warned providers they need to take "decisive action" to address the sustainability challenges facing TPD insurance and put consumers' needs at the forefront. The regulators' roundtable of life ...

ISS STOXX Sustainability names APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
ISS STOXX strengthens its sustainability business in APAC with the appointment of a new regional head. Julia Leske has been promoted to head of sustainability business, APAC, which is a newly-created role reporting to the group's global head of ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... services Daniel Mulino, along with consumer groups and industry stakeholders to discuss consumer protection and the sustainability of the CSLR. Further, Mulino spoke at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) Conference on Tuesday ...

Mulino targets retail investor protections, high-risk MISs: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... which raised issues around consumer protection in that context, but also then raised related issues around the sustainability of the CSLR, the burden of the CSLR on different sectors, and so ultimately a lot of these issues required attention simultaneously ...

ASIC flags disclosure flaws in first wave of mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... disclaimers, inconsistent climate risk disclosures and unclear reporting assumptions in the first round of mandatory sustainability reports lodged under Australia's new climate disclosure regime. In early observations released ahead of the 30 June 2026 ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... might be challenging to construct a truly modern-slavery-risk free investment portfolio, it is not impossible, a sustainability expert says, who will help wealth managers combat such risks at next week's Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... negative market event early in retirement can materially change client outcomes, not just balances, but confidence and sustainability of income. That's why advisers are revisiting income focused solutions. "And it's not just as a reaction to ...

OECD recommends NZ overhaul pension system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... average, the ratio of retirement to work years is more constant across generations, which is key to maintaining both sustainability and adequacy in public pension systems." However, it noted New Zealand's situation is complex given significant differences ...

Ausbil broadens wholesale sustainable fund access with ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... (8.36%), over the same period. It has $394 million of funds under management as of March 31. Under Ausbil's sustainability approach, companies are assessed on both what they do and how they manage ESG factors, resulting in a sustainability profile ...