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Australia leads in greenwashing lawsuits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... more active than any other in the world in enforcing greenwashing laws, according to law firm Gilbert & Tobin. Vanguard, Mercer, and Active Super have all been caught in the crosshairs. The hearing of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility's ...

Veteran ESG lead rejoins abrdn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... responsible investment, as well as manager selection and monitoring equity portfolio construction. She started her career at Mercer Investment Consulting in Sydney and then moved to Russell Investments in Singapore, followed by a two-year stint at Willis ...

Australian Ethical FUM nears $13bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... on track to be completed by November 1, and the transition to the GROW Inc superannuation administration platform from Mercer is set to complete in November, with the second tranche of members transitioning from Link to GROW Inc by the end of the financial ...

Australian Ethical drops investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... November 2024, replacing NAB. In addition, the fund said it would transition its super administration to GROW Inc from Mercer. Australian Ethical Super said its administration provider supports the fund and its members by processing super and pension ...

Regulator hones in on greenwash as climate laws tighten

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... initiated civil penalty proceedings against Active Super and Vanguard Investments Australia. It also closed its case against Mercer Super, which was ordered to pay $11.3 million. ASIC's scrutiny revealed firms are most commonly grappling with issues ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Mercer Superannuation Australia has been slapped with a whopping $11.3 million penalty by the Federal Court on the back of an ASIC-led greenwashing investigation. Mercer was found to make misleading statements on its website about seven Sustainable ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The $43 billion public sector fund has welcomed a former central bank deputy governor to its board, while Mercer Super has a new chair. Guy Debelle has joined the fund for South Australian government employees, bringing a tremendous depth of experience ...

Women continue to lag in asset management

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... with Rest Super, Australian Ethical Investments, Australian Retirement Trust, Aware Super, Colonial First State, HESTA, Mercer, QIC, TCorp, and UniSuper. New research tracks three years of workforce data at 22 firms, assessing appointments, promotions ...

Member accuses UniSuper of greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... issues presented in the complaint to ASIC are aligned to those raised by ASIC's own greenwashing cases against Vanguard, Mercer, and Active Super.

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... rural communities, Torres Strait Islander communities and the Pacific, Will Leak, Senior Sustainable Investment Analyst at Mercer said at the conference held in Sydney last week. In order to build trust through representation, there is a need for more ...