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Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... public pension plans, because their governance falls outside of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Some US states led by GOP politicians have rallied behind the anti-ESG/anti-woke capitalism movement by constraining the investment processes ...

Global X launches copper miners ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... has been driven by major infrastructure developments across the globe in countries such as India, China and the United States." Hannon added that copper demand is highly correlated with global economic activity and is often seen as a leading barometer ...

ASIC suspends FTX Australia's licence

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... its subsidiary FTX Express, which operates a digital currency exchange that's not regulated by ASIC. In the United States, FTX Trading, West Real Shires Services (trading as FTX US) and other affiliated companies have also commenced voluntary proceedings ...

Schroders hires from MLC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... asset classes," Macken said. "Colin will be tasked with servicing our institutional clients predominantly in the southern states and working with them to provide solutions across Australian and global equities, private markets, fixed income and multi-asset. ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... are now eligible for Voting Choice. This includes all the public and private pension plan assets we manage in the United States, as well as retirement plans serving more than 60 million people around the world." Fink said he believed that voting choices ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... earlier efforts to slow the economy before implementing further increases' amid fears that the Fed 'risks tipping the United States into a recession and causing widespread joblessness.' "Your 'overarching focus' on 'using [the Fed's] tools to bring inflation ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... legislated. Treasury said making these changes is expected to increase receipts by $29.4 million and decrease GST payments to the states and territories by $4.1 million over the coming four years.

Mayfair 101 bids for High Court appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... contest the case in the High Court rather than have it remitted back to the lower court. Mawhinney's High Court application states: "[ASIC's] powers make it less, rather than more, excusable for ASIC to conduct a proceeding on a mistaken basis. The Full ...

IFM Investors adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... working with Ming as IFM continues to grow our global presence in key northern hemisphere markets, including EMEA, the United States and North Asia," he said.

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... excessive separate pension fund managers. On underperforming investments and lower assumed rates of return the report said: "States have consistently overestimated their long-term investment returns. Even when performance has been positive, it has not ...