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ASIC fines Vanguard for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... infringement notices related to product disclosure statements (PDS)for the Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Funds. ASIC noted that the Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Funds excluded certain investments in tobacco ...

Trust in ethics plummets: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... expectations gap that exposes risks, according to the Governance Institute. The Governance Institute has issued its seventh Ethics Index, a survey of 1,000 people in Australia. The overall Ethics Index is 42, down from 45 in 2021 and 52 in 2020. The ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... including Australia. The Hejaz Equities Fund aims to achieve a total return equal to movements in the MSCI World Islamic Index Benchmark. The fund targets a 15% annual return net of fees and currently has $70 million under management. The Hejaz Property ...

ESG tops inflation, rate hikes as key priority for fixed income investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... In addition to ESG integration, investors are also focusing on fee pressure and increased transparency and investing in index-tracking investments, and "for many investors, allocations are changing and a balanced approach of active and index investments ...

Low carbon APAC ETF lists on SGX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... on developed and emerging markets in Asia Pacific has listed on the SGX. The CSOP CGS-CIMB FTSE Asia Pacific Low Carbon Index ETF launched with assets under management of S$150 million at launch. With this launch, the total global AUM of sustainability-linked ...

bfinance sounds alarm on "overly simplistic" carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... volatility equity strategies have a median weighted average carbon intensity (WACI) that is 52% higher than the MSCI ACWI index and value strategies have a median WACI that is 4% above the benchmark. Quality and growth strategies have median WACI figures ...

Podcast: Calling "enough" on incremental sustainability progress with Mathew Nelson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... breaking the cycle of incrementalism in a world that is running out of time. The report points to declines in the Living Planet Index, in freshwater, increases in atmospheric concentrations of CO2, deforestation and ocean acidification. EY Oceania chief ...

NZ Super Fund shifts $25 billion to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... fund owns directly. The NZ$57 billion fund in June began to roll over its indices to the MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned Index, with the new benchmark taking effect on 1 July 2022. The changes ...

No ESG drag seen in performance test results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... that if it hit ESG funds it would just as likely hit other funds." Through the 2021-22 FY, the Rainmaker ESG Diversified index delivered -3.9%, the corresponding regular index delivered -4.9%. Over three years the ESG effect was just as pronounced, Dunnin ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... gap targets and reconciliation action plans. The Melior Australian Impact Fund has underperformed the ASX300 total return index, returning -12.7% for the past year versus -6.8% for the ASX300 Total Return Index. However, over the past three years, since ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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