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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. ...

Return to office will harm careers, businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... unintended consequence here is that, when the market moves, organisations that have a very strict mandate around this will exclude Gen Z, who feel it's their absolute fundamental right to work from anywhere," Butt said. As a result, organisations that ...

Pendal, Regnan funds expand controversial weapons exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... International Share Fund, Pendal Sustainable Conservative Fund, and the Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions Fund now exclude companies directly involved in the supply of goods or services specifically related to controversial weapons. For the Sustainable ...

BlackRock, Vanguard bankroll 'genocide', illegal occupation: UN

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
A new report by the United Nations claims BlackRock and Vanguard are the major asset managers profiting from "sustaining the illegal Israeli occupation [of Palestinian territories] and its ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza". UN special rapporteur Francesca ...

Financial materiality of nature-related risks now clear: TNFD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
A new paper from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) demonstrates the financial consequences of nature-related risks are already being felt by businesses and the global economy. The report, jointly authored by the University ...

ESG salaries plateau as sector dynamics shift

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
ESG salaries have plateaued over the last 12 months as the talent pool has grown and prospective employers temper initiatives. That was a key finding from Kaizen Recruitment's latest ESG and Responsible Investment Salary Guide, which also found ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... effect around collaborative engagements. The SEC also issued a staff bulletin making it easier for public companies to exclude shareholder proposals on company proxy statements, she said, explaining they may make it much easier to issue no actions. "We ...

ART extends exclusions in Socially Conscious option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will extend its list of exclusions for the Socially Conscious Balanced option to also apply to direct investments in listed corporate-issued debt in fixed income investments. The change, which comes into effect July ...

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... a "fierce campaign" to block the proposal, including hiring "a vast team of costly advisors" and initially seeking to exclude Australian shareholders from voting. "While they told shareholders a robust review would divert significant resources, they ...