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Australian Ethical drops investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... option will see fees drop from 1.07% to 0.99%. Members in the high growth option will see fees reduced from 1.12% to 1.03%. Pension members in the conservative option will see fees drop from 0.70% to 0.69%, and pension members in the growth option will ...

Asset owners embrace sustainable investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds are increasingly worried about climate change's impact on their investments. Asset owners are more confident in data, feel less hindered by regulation, and more concerned over the impact of climate ...

Green jobs: Impactable, Ortec, Goldman Sachs, Compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... solution, developed in partnership with Cambridge Econometrics. He has experience with a range of insurance companies, pension funds and other institutional investors across the US, Canada, UK, Europe and the APAC region over more than a decade. It's ...

DEI code to boost retention: CFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
In the war for talent, a 77-year-old institute for investment analysts turns to a much-needed solution: a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) code of conduct. This week the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute and its local member chapter ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A human rights complaint against UBS follows legal precedent that financiers are responsible for acting on human rights in passive index funds. The Swiss human rights watchdog accepted a complaint against UBS for holdings in private prison contractors ...

Aussie funds loyal in climate group exodus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The local rep of an influential climate group assuages doubts around the flight of financial firms worth roughly $7.84 trillion, saying Australian firms are still committed. A wave of US asset owners and financial advisors recently exited the Climate ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... establishing an evergreen timberland fund and has its sights set on opportunities in Australia. The $70 billion workplace pension fund has enlisted Campbell Global, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's timberland investment advisory company, to develop ...

Pension fund dumps ESG benchmark for passive investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), one of the largest managers of retirement savings in the world, has dumped the ESG index it had been using for its passive investments in previous years. In March, the fund said it has decided to change ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... oversubscribed £620 million in October 2023, exceeding its £500 million target. The latest strategy attracted a diverse mix of pension, sovereign and insurance, as well as funds, endowments and family offices across Australia, the US, Canada, the UK ...

Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
As of May 2024, over 7,500 institutional investors hold US$4.3 trillion worth of bonds and shares in coal, oil, and gas companies, despite many committing to wind down financed emissions. Vanguard ($413 bn), BlackRock ($400 bn), State Street ($171 bn) ...