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MSCI launches emissions measuring tool

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... launched Total Portfolio Footprinting, helping financial institutions measure carbon emissions across lending and investments as part of the transition to a net zero economy. The global tools provider said in a statement "Total Portfolio Footprinting ...

ASIC helps issuers avoid greenwashing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... Chester said managed funds and super funds are responding to the increasing investor demand for sustainability-focused investments. "Investors are not only motivated by their values here, but also by long-term financial returns. Transparency and trust ...

Queen's honours highlight industry veterans, ESG experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... Mans Carlsson for service to the sustainable investment sector was awarded in the General Division, as was LeapFrog Investments founder Andrew Kuper. Meanwhile, in the insurance sector, Steadfast founder Robert Kelly was honoured, recognised for his ...

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided over greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... 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 the news, the DWS share price dropped by close to 2%, as ...

SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... their portfolio. "The requirements are designed to meet demand from investors seeking environmentally focused fund investments for consistent and comparable quantitative information regarding the GHG emissions associated with their portfolios and to ...

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

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... funds that it managed. On Monday, the SEC announced that from July 2018 to September 2021, BNY Mellon implied that all investments in the funds had undergone an ESG quality review, which wasn't the case. Deputy director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement ...

Macquarie Group posts record earnings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
... 269% from $651 million last year to $2.4 billion now. Its success was linked to substantially higher net income on investments driven by material asset realisations in green energy, technology and business service sectors. The market-facing business ...

SEC rules against Amazon pension case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... deploys one set of climate policies for its operations and does not take that same approach in its employee retirement investments. "The SEC has determined that shareholders asking Amazon why its retirement plan directs employee savings into big oil ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... Maurice Blackburn brought the action in October 2019 in the Federal Court (Victoria), against Colonial First State Investments Limited, the trustee of the Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust. The lead applicant bringing the claim, Lesley ...

Regulators fret over hobby traders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... participating in retail trading may not have enough financial literacy to properly assess the risk inherent in the investments they are making. They are also concerned certain trading patterns in retail markets are magnifying losses. The consultation ...