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Treasury wants 'more confidence' in sustainable product labels

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
The government has initiated a consultation phase on sustainable investment product labelling, releasing a paper aligning to its Sustainable Finance Roadmap. The government is seeking industry-wide feedback on a framework for sustainable investment ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Two advice licensees have paid infringement notices after they were found to have authorised advisers and had them provide personal advice while unregistered. Skye Money and Smart Financial Capital have both paid fines of $31,300 to ASIC for authorising ...

QIC to sell partial stake in US renewable energy financing platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
... acquisition, now supporting renowned renewable developers Acciona Energy North America, AES, Deriva Energy, Enbridge, Enel Green Power North America, Invenergy, Lightsource bp, Pattern Energy, SB Energy, Strata Clean Energy, Swift Current Energy, and ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... which remains subdued and is contributing to expectations of lower margins and profits for businesses. "However, there are green shoots - we are firmly within a rate-cutting cycle, inflation appears to be under control, the labour market is relatively ...

Cbus Super makes key ESG hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... as the director of sustainable finance in Commonwealth Bank's institutional division. She was tasked with structuring green and sustainable debt products for institutional clients, including corporations and government bodies. Wynter also spent seven ...

Pension leaders urge US 401(k) plans to embrace private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... 15-20% to private markets, with real estate a core holding. It noted funds are investing in data centres, urban development, green infrastructure, and housing solutions with ESG overlays.

Desktop Broker to deliver direct indexing via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Desktop Broker, part of Bell Financial Group, has partnered with direct indexing platform Briefcase to deliver direct indexing capabilities and institutional-grade ETF model portfolios to financial advisers and wholesale investors. With direct indexing ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... next and, more precisely, what the response from the Iranian regime will be." Likewise, deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green said markets are bracing for sharp volatility - particularly when US markets open on Monday local time. "The US strike on ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Airtrunk lands a renewables specialist, JPMorgan hires from Amazon, and T. Rowe Price promotes an impact executive. Robert Bartrop has returned to Sydney to lead the social impact and community strategy at AirTrunk, the Asia Pacific technology company ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading statements about the investments of the Artesian Green and Sustainable Bond Fund. Having paid the notices is not an admission of liability or guilt. Equity Trustees serves as ...