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Vanguard settles Texas-led coal antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... Action 100+. In a statement, Vanguard said the terms of the settlement reaffirm its standards and the passive nature of its index funds. "At Vanguard we are focused on helping our more than 50 million investors and their families achieve their financial ...

Australia's anti-corruption commitment regresses: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
While scoring highly in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Australia is part of a growing trend of developed countries struggling with their anti-corruption commitments, according to non-profit Transparency International. As Australia retains ...

Investors pressure BP over 'undisciplined' capex decisions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... "due to its long-term relative underperformance, even within a materially underperforming sector." The MSCI World Energy Index has delivered 116% lower returns than the MSCI World Index over the last 10 years and lower returns than all bar one other ...

Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance to wind up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... will instead pursue activities independently. The NZFSPA's members include stock exchanges, research and data providers, index providers and auditors. It is NZFSPA is supported and advised by the UNPRI. The NZFSPA said it is "reorganising", with members ...

NGS Super expands sustainable investment strategy with Robeco partnership

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
NGS Super has appointed Robeco to manage a Government Bond Sustainable Enhanced Indexing mandate and an Emerging Markets Enhanced Indexing mandate. Specialising in quantitative and sustainable investing, Robeco is experienced in offering enhanced indexing ...

Embedding biodiversity risk assessments requires incentives: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... standardised measure of nature so that they can say is this activity nature negative or nature positive, using a simple index." "Unfortunately, nature is very complex," he said. Wintle explained that the pressure should be taken off businesses, and they ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... reflects its commitment to providing advisers with a comprehensive, purpose-built managed account capability, combining index-based, actively managed, and bespoke portfolio solutions with practice support, technology, and client engagement tools. Spittle ...

Australian Ethical adds trader and BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... inception, outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 at 10%. Notably, the Emerging Companies Fund outperformed the S&P/ASX Small Industrials Index by close to 5% per annum over the decade to 30 June 2025.

Technology transforming biodiversity risk assessments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... a simple, standardised measure of nature...unfortunately nature is very complex" and cannot be encapsulated by a simple index. However, Willets and Wintle agreed that methodological reform is possible and feasible, with the path towards comprehensive ...

Australia emerges as corporate climate leader: MSCI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... toward green projects. Using the MSCI Energy Transition Framework to assess constituents of the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index (IMI), the research evaluated firms' exposure and preparedness across policy pressure, technology maturity and transition ...