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Super performance test impacts green investing: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the government to adjust some elements of the superannuation performance test to help encourage super funds to invest more in Australia's energy transition. The peak super body ...

ESG-informed investing does not lead to positive sustainability: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
New research highlights that rigorous frameworks are necessary for evaluating environment, social, and governance (ESG) investment potential, while adding that not all ESG-informed investments will translate into a positive sustainable outcome. The ...

'Surreal', 'difficult' times for sustainable investors: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... fund companies, ​data and research firms, financial advisers and non-profits. Joining a panel at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, Lettini said: "We're in a very exceptional moment that none of us would have expected us to be in, and ...

Carbon securities the next game-changer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Paul Clements-Hunt, the man who coined the term 'ESG' more than two decades ago, says tradable and regulated carbon securities could be the next trillion-dollar market for investors. Clements-Hunt, chief executive of the Blended Capital Group ...

FCA pauses plans to extend disclosure, labelling rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is pausing plans to extend its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and product labelling regime to portfolio managers, saying now is not the right time. The FCA had announced some 12 months ago that it would ...

TWC bolsters investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
TWC Investment Management, a founder-owned and led boutique, has added a senior quant to its team. Diana Olteanu-Veerman has joined the firm led by former executives from PGIM, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. The firm, led by former executives from ...

Major instos, family offices headline Impact Investment Summit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... advisers, foundations, and family offices, marks its 10-year anniversary in 2025. It will be held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney from March 26 to 27. With nearly 500 delegates attending last year's event, Kerry Series, the director ...

US rejects SDGs, Agenda 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... first moves when he assumed office was to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He also revoked the Biden administration's US International Climate Finance Plan, a 2021 initiative that ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Global climate funds suffered more withdrawals than deposits in 2024, with net outflows reaching US$24 billion, according to fresh data from Morningstar. In Europe, climate thematic funds experienced the largest outflows of any category during 2024. ...

Podcast: Carbon misconceptions in active investing portfolios with Guido Baltussen

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Many in the investment community believe that implementing net zero policies comes with high risk and is incompatible with active investing, but is this really true? To discuss this, Guido Baltussen joins us on the podcast today. Guido is Northern Trust ...