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ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... determined Vanguard misled investors via claims it made about certain ESG screens it applied to its Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund. On March 8, the indexing giant admitted to "engaging in conduct that was liable to mislead the public ...

US Federal Reserve eyes multiple interest rate cuts this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... GDP growth and inflation forecasts. This is a Fed that wants to reduce interest rates," Principal Asset Management chief global strategist Seema Shah said. "The Fed did not make any announcements with regards the balance sheet but noted that they will ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... ROI will be substantial over the longer-term. "Increasing productivity by 5% will pay for the actual technology multiple times over. With that kind of ROI, we don't have to be too aggressive," he said. "Over the next few years, it's probably going to ...

Iress loses key wealth executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... this time, she advised Jeremy Cooper, head of retirement income. Haqqani previously worked as a compliance manager for RBC Global Asset Management and a product and relationship specialist at EQT Funds Management. She spent five years at Aviva in similar ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... of the world's leading wind turbine suppliers, and a key player in developing the necessary technologies to support the global transition to renewable energies (being clearly consistent with the climate-focussed objectives of the fund) and has an ambition ...

Family offices choose private credit: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... across the globe intend to allocate more capital towards private credit this year, according to new research by KKR. The global fund manager's annual Family office survey, now in its seventh year, found that private credit is the preferred asset ...

Actively managed, ESG funds top 2023 outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... funds and ESG strategies suffered the biggest outflows in 2023 at a combined $57.7 billion. According to Calastone's Global fund flows report, actively managed strategies lost $42 billion (US$27.2bn), eclipsed by passive equity funds that attracted ...

Westpac loses Ausgrid rate swap case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... counterparty to the transaction," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "Appropriate conduct for pre-hedging is an issue of global significance. In this case, Westpac's behaviour was unconscionable and exposed its client to significant risk. Westpac's ...

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... investment choices, which underscores the increasing relevance of Australian Ethical's "distinctive value proposition" amid global concerns like climate change and human rights violations. "Australian Ethical has been a leading ethical investment ...

AustralianSuper in talks to extend administration services mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... relationship with AustralianSuper as an important partner and we are excited by the investment we make in the evolution of our global service offering, that delivers optimal outcomes to AustralianSuper's members," McGrath said.
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