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Fixed income drives managed fund surge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... equity market. While market sentiment remains divided, 2025 could be the year active equity funds reclaim their relevance." ESG inflows defy global trends Notably, all Australian equity inflows last year were for ESG-focused equity funds, after 2023 ...

Cbus recruits lead for new core equities portfolio

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... in Cbus' long-term annual returns of 7.8% over the 10 years to 31 December 2024. Separately, Cbus is on the hunt for a ESG lead following the departure of Talieh Williams after eight months in the role. Williams has joined BGH Capital as its head ...

Magellan unveils refreshed leadership, investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... global institutional. And the head of investor relations and sustainability role is now with Emma Pringle, former head of ESG at Maple-Brown Abbott - as previously reported by FS Sustainability. Magellan's investments team is also seeing some changes. ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related fraud, the standards aim to boost confidence and transparency with a focus on investor protection. The International ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... saw inflows of $740 billion. For the first time, the US sustainable funds universe contracted with more funds closing their ESG mandates than new fund launches. "High interest rates continued to penalise some areas of the market, such as clean energy ...

Salter Brothers secures green loan for luxury retreat

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... sustainability efforts, establish meaningful targets for each property, and strengthen trust with our customers," Salter Brothers ESG manager Mei McNamara explained. "We are also transitioning to a low-carbon economy across all our hotels. Our retreats ...

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... during the same period the year prior. CoreData research consultant Anna Vennonen noted there was a change in sentiment toward ESG around 2022, coinciding with the invasion of Ukraine and escalating geopolitical uncertainty, but broadly, sentiment has ...

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... of Tennessee, which alleged the asset manager misled consumers about how much its investment strategies were influenced by ESG considerations. Tennessee's suit alleged BlackRock failed to properly disclose its integration of ESG considerations into its ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Australian Ethical, Nationwide Super, Active Super and Aware Super have the best performing ESG investment options over three years, according to the latest data from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Aman Ramrakha ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
APAC financials, energy, and materials firms are most likely to link ESG metrics to executive incentive plans. Across the top 400 APAC firms, 193 disclosed their executive incentive metrics. Three-quarters (74%) used ESG metrics. Australian companies ...