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Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Members increasingly demand superannuation funds to provide ethical investment options, particularly retirees who want to leave a more sustainable world for the next generation, top super fund leaders say. Attending the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Perpetual Private awards $60m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... Osmosis chief executive Ben Dear said the new partnership was exciting. "As demand for risk-controlled sustainable investment products grows, our innovative approach suits those investors who wish to invest with an environmental focus while seeking better ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Close to 5000 European funds being marketed as ESG hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Close to 5000 funds being marketed as ESG in Europe hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Analysing ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... chair Sarah Court said: "This is a significant penalty that sends a strong message to companies making sustainable investment claims that those claims need to reflect the true position." "This case demonstrates ASIC's commitment to taking on misleading ...

CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... income business," Dear said. "Contrary to many peers that are reducing activity, headcount and commitment to sustainable investment we are seeing increased demand for our specialist research and investment expertise. And despite political rhetoric acting ...

RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... respectively. Both Nash and Guido previously worked at BlackRock before joining RQI, where Nash was the head of sustainable investment in Australia and Guido was the portfolio manager for systematic active equities. Scott Hamilton was also promoted to ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Article 9 funds are 'dark green' strategies which have sustainable investment as their primary objective. However, 'light green' Article 8 funds - products that promote environmental or social characteristics ...

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData. The CoreData research obtained by Financial Standard seeks to capture ...

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
BlackRock senior managing director, head of global client business Mark Wiedman - who was regarded as a potential successor to chief executive Larry Fink - is exiting the asset manager. Wiedman is responsible for BlackRock's commercial relationships ...

Wellington client exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... financial services as a portfolio analyst at J.P. Morgan. Separately, Wellington's vice chair and head of sustainable investment Wendy Cromwell has been re-elected to the PRI Board for a third term. "Her dedication and expertise in sustainable investment ...