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Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is paying US$4 million to settle charges brought by the US regulator over failures involving ESG research used to select investments. It comes as the US government reverses limitations placed on some pension funds in relation ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Life insurers will take on more risks and shun safe-haven assets in a bid to bump up returns in 2022. Australian life insurers are tipped to shed their conservative nature this year amid a tough macroeconomic environment, according to bfinance. Many ...

AMP North further expands menu

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
AMP's platform North made 20 investment options available in December. One dozen sustainability and eight technology-themed options are now available to financial advisers. The technology-themed options reflect growing appetite among advisers and ...

FTSE Russell launches new ESG indexes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
FTSE Russell has introduced six Russell ESG indexes, based on the Russell 1000, 2000 and 3000 benchmarks. The Russell US ESG Indexes are designed to integrate ESG into institutional-grade US equity indexes. The six new indexes are constructed using ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
With much hysteria around greenwashing as ESG becomes increasingly important to investors, S&P has issued a new report theorising concern about greenwashing is often misplaced. In the report, S&P noted that greenwashing or sustainability-washing concerns ...

Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
Mutual fund assets in sustainable investments surged 23% in 2019, as Aussie investors wake up to the "critical threat" of climate change. Singapore based research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates found that the sector recorded $1.2 billion in ...

VicSuper hits sustainability target early

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
The $24 billion superannuation fund has hit its target to deliver $3 billion in sustainable outcomes a year ahead of schedule. Releasing its annual report earlier this week, VicSuper revealed it reached the "ambitious" target - which represents about ...

CalSTRS seeking ESG managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... and currently have at least $225 million in total assets under management. They must also have fund information in the US ESG or non-US ESG universe within the eVestment database. Successful managers will complement CalSTRS' two existing firms which ...
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