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Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The guidelines introduce minimum thresholds on the proportion of sustainable investments based on the specific ESG terms used in a fund name; the terms being environment, sustainability, impact, transition, social ...

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
... Since 2019, Wiedman has sponsored BlackRock's efforts in transitioning to a low-carbon economy, growing sustainable investments from US$107 billion to $1 trillion. From 2011 to 2019, Wiedman served as global head of iShares and index investment, driving ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... introduced a solution that meets the growing demands for world-class infrastructure opportunities and sustainable investments from Australia's wealth managers and financial intermediaries." S64 head of Australian and New Zealand Matt Stovold echoed Nagpal's ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... Management and a scientific equities portfolio manager at BlackRock, leading index portfolios and running sustainable investments in Australia. In addition to teaching at New York University and the University of Technology, she is a member of ITCG ...

US election outcome tops investor concerns: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... investment grade corporates over riskier high-yield and emerging market securities," Watson said. Opinions on sustainable investments are also vastly divided. Half of the participants agree that demand for this sector will be determined investors rather ...

Wealth firms 'still have PTSD from the Royal Commission': Deloitte

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... three years. However, Deloitte's data suggests that younger investors may not be quite as ready for sustainable investments as previously thought, with only 5% of Gen Y and Z prioritising philanthropic goals. "Firms may be overestimating the interest ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... that a focus on sustainability will ruin future returns. "One of the most hotly debated myths is that sustainable investments sacrifice performance, which at one point in time might have been a justified stance. As illustrated below, sustainable investment ...

Commerzbank acquires Aquila Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... client groups, and its presence in over 40 countries. Meanwhile, Commerzbank will get access to Aquila's sustainable investments expertise. "Since 2006, the core focus of our business at Aquila Group has been to contribute to the decarbonisation of the ...

Market performance fails to sway retirement confidence: State Street

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... solutions." Meanwhile, the State Street survey uncovered a decline in the emphasis Australian retirees place on sustainable investments in their superannuation fund. In 2022, 67% of respondents in Australia "considered it important," but this fell to ...
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