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Regulator hones in on greenwash as climate laws tighten

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... wholesale green bond market. "There is ample room for improvement, and we strongly encourage product issuers and their advisers to focus on the quality of disclosures and the data underpinning them," O'Rourke said. "Sustainability-related information ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... portfolio manager. Mohr has been with the nation's largest superannuation fund for two years, arriving from Frontier Advisers, where she was a consultant focused on equities. She was with the asset consultant for nearly eight years having first joined ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... of 10 energy and utilities assets globally, via a team of 25 investment specialists and 25 non-executive directors and advisers. Last year QIC acquired Bluecurrent, an Australasian smart metering business, adding to its portfolio that also incorporates ...

Rockefeller org picks climate advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A highly influential US$6.3 billion private foundation has set up a new Climate Advisory Council to accelerate the just transition and named its inaugural co-chairs and members. The Rockefeller Foundation, the global philanthropic medical research and ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... in 2025. Australia's inaugural Green Treasury Bond has been hotly anticipated, a spokesperson from Ethical Investment Advisers, the ethical investment specialists, commented. "It marks a significant step towards advancing our nation's commitment ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Financial advisers find sustainable investments appealing to many of their clients, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures and political differences. Ethical investment leaders spoke at the Financial Standard's inaugural Future Investing Forum ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... results, UTS industry professor - emerging technology Nicholas Davis says. Appearing at the Stockbroker and Investment Advisers (SIAA) conference, he explained that generative AI uses complex transformer models to process vast amounts of diverse data. ...

ESG managed accounts hit $16 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... those managed by Vanguard, Watershed Funds Management and Quilla Consulting. The firm says managed accounts can help advisers introduce greater efficiencies, including time savings, in their business. BT added 94 managed portfolios in the 12 months leading ...

Younger members drive demand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... options. But there are still many challenges ahead. A separate survey by CoreData found that the number one reason financial advisers find it hard to recommend ESG investments is the inconsistent standards, metrics and taxonomies in the industry. "This ...

RIAA launches Sustainability Classifications Initiative

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... clarity, empowering them to meet their responsible investing goals while avoiding greenwashing. It will help consumers, advisers and others to compare the degree to which sustainability is a consideration as a binding investment criteria. The new Responsible ...