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Gender-balanced investment teams outperform: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk, which discusses the financial upside of gender balance in investment. "When you exclude women from decision-making, you're not just excluding half the population. You're excluding the perspectives of the people ...

AkademikerPension to ditch US treasuries

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... investments. In this case, our monitoring has identified violations of human rights, and we have therefore decided to exclude the State of Israel and state-controlled enterprises from our investment universe," AkademikerPension chief executive Jens Munch ...

Bill to curb US pension plans' ESG considerations passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... PRI said. Some of the anti-ESG bills introduced in US states have sought to boycott private financial institutions that exclude lending and investing in certain operations, like fossil fuels and weapons manufacturing. One such bill was introduced in ...

AP7 excludes major fossil fuel producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
The Swedish pension fund giant placed exclusions on several major fossil fuel producers, ruling out investing in 35 companies including ASX-listed Woodside. This month, AP7 updated its list of excluded companies, adding a further 35 names to the list ...

Government seeks to exclude tobacco, gambling from R&D subsidies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... for research and development (R&D) tax incentives. Treasury is looking to amend the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to exclude the incentives for years starting 1 July 2025 as they have the potential to cause public harm. Treasury said this change will ...

Norway SWF told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... fund would need to be prepared for that it may no longer be able to invest in them. Currently, the fund may choose to exclude a company based on conduct, product or alternative reasons. So far, 104 companies are excluded based on their products. It's ...

False exclusion claims see Prime Super fined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
Prime Super paid a penalty of $18,780 after it claimed it "excluded entirely" manufacturers of tobacco products when it had indirect holdings in six companies. ASIC issued an infringement notice to the $8 billion super fund over misleading statements ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA has paid $37,560 to comply with two infringement notices issued by ASIC for misleading statements. ASIC alleged the $100 billion super fund made misleading statements in paid advertisements about its commitment to removing carbon emissions investments. ...

Fiducian sued for greenwashing in ESG fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... land or water unnecessarily". The Statement of Claim alleges that at no stage did the PDS's of the underlying funds exclude investments in shares or companies that derived revenue wholly or substantially from fossil fuels. Further, ASIC alleges that ...

Aware Super expands investment restrictions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Super expanded its fund-wide controversial weapons investment restrictions to include biological, incendiary and white phosphorous weapons. The changes came into effect on 31 March 2025. The restriction also covers both whole systems and key components. ...