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Aware Super expands investment restrictions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... investment in nuclear weapons is now excluded, subject to a 5% revenue threshold. The $200 billion super fund said direct investments in companies verifiably involved in the manufacture and/or production of anti-personnel mines, biological weapons, chemical ...

Rest revises sustainable option's investment criteria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... opportunities available have expanded in these particular asset classes. "So that the option can consider a broader range of investments, we've revised the option's investment criteria while maintaining its enhanced environmental, social and governance ...

ART pledges $2bn towards impact investing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... a significant milestone. "As a large investor with globally diversified portfolios, we recognise that some of our investments can serve a dual-purpose, delivering financial returns and seeking to make a positive difference," Bradford said. "One of the ...

CPA calls for stricter rules on sustainability claims

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... decisions and increases the accountability on product issuers," Viljoen said. "If a product promotes socially responsible investments, it should be clear exactly what this means and where investors' money will be going."

Paul Ramsay Foundation hires for impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... establishment, the Paul Ramsay Foundation has made more than $1.15 billion in grants and more than $160 million in impact investments, including an investment in the Palisade Impact Fund to progress clean and distributed energy and waste management. ...

Family offices stick to sustainable investing: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Family offices say they remain committed to sustainable investments despite ongoing political and financial uncertainty, according to a survey by the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI). Nearly all the 144 Asia Pacific family offices surveyed feature ...

Discipline is key to good engagements: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
As super funds' portfolio grow, so too does the importance of engagement to ensure investments align with the portfolio requirements - but sometimes these interactions can get a little out of hand. Speaking at the JANA Conference 2025, Rest general ...

Accelerating green capital: What Australia's first sustainable finance taxonomy means for business

ILONA MILLAR, LILY MORTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... Roadmap, released in June 2024 [by Treasury]. It provides a 'common language' for identifying economic activities and investments that align with, or contribute to, climate and sustainability outcomes. The Taxonomy is designed to support Australia's ...

CEFC makes record commitment of $3.8bn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... nation building projects of this scale," CEFC chief executive Ian Learmonth said. "As with all our transmission-related investments, we have taken care to structure our finance in a way that maximises the benefits to consumers, by lowering project borrowing ...

Podcast: Clearing up confusion on product labelling

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Is it still the wild, wild west on product labelling for sustainable investments? In this podcast, host Michelle Baltazar chats with Dugald Higgins, head of responsible investment and real assets for the broader Zenith Group, on how financial advisers ...