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Australian Ethical crowned most sustainable

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Investment management company Australian Ethical has been identified as the asset manager most committed to sustainability. Morningstar's ESG Commitment Level Landscape report assessed 108 asset managers worldwide. Just eight were identified as in the ...

Sustainable, ethical super products fail performance test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Several sustainable, ethical and faith-based superannuation products have failed this year's superannuation performance test. Australian Retirement Trust's QSuper Socially Responsible option, three of Crescent Wealth's four investment options ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... their investment decisions. Australian investors consider key ESG themes to include environmental, social, impact, future, ethical and sustainability, the survey of IG's more than 300,000 global clients found. The study of core markets across countries ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... commodities and products. "Anyone with any investment needs to be thinking about this," Banks commented. Amanda Richman, ethical stewardship lead at Australian Ethical Investment said Nature Action 100+ global investor engagement initiative will further ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Ethical investment options may have now entered a phase where they are performing well compared to traditional funds. Last year the news hit headlines that just one-third of ethical managed investment funds have outperformed their non-ethical peers ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... civil penalty proceedings alleging "misleading conduct and misrepresentations to the market relating to claims it was an ethical and responsible superannuation fund." "Active Super represented on their website that they eliminated investments that posed ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC's latest action against Vanguard for allegations of greenwashing in a bond fund raises the question of whether the market regulator will crack down on index providers and other third-party service providers for greenwashing as well. Last month ...

Challenging market weakens ESG-focused fund flows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... previous quarter. The total size of Australasian sustainable investments is estimated to be $US27.5 billion. Australian Ethical increased its market share following a merger with Christian Super. DFA continues to grow its market share and overtook Vanguard ...

ASIC takes Vanguard to court over further greenwashing claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC is taking Vanguard to court over greenwashing allegations relating to a global bond index fund. This is the second time the market regulator has taken action against Vanguard over greenwashing. ASIC has lodged civil penalty proceedings in federal ...

RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor to exit after 10 years

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... of years." RIAA's Benchmark Report 2023 - an annual study tracking the size, growth and performance of responsible, ethical and impact investment industry - will be released 28 August.