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Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... inquiries from various public officials". In November 2024, the firm was named in a Texas lawsuit alongside State Street and Vanguard, claiming their climate activism was a breach of antitrust laws. BlackRock told FS Sustainability the case was "baseless". ...

IFM adds ex-CIO to equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
A Vanguard Investments veteran and one-time LUCRF Super investment chief has popped up at IFM Investors. Roger McIntosh joins the industry fund-backed asset manager as investment director within the quantitative equities team. There he will be responsible ...

Ellerston Capital hires investment specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... experience. At L1 Capital, based in Sydney, she looked after the IFA channel. Before that, she held similar roles at Vanguard and Perpetual Investments Ltd. She previously worked at AMP Capital and Citi in similar roles. "We are very excited to welcome ...

Investors dismiss US federal court case

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard dismissed the case against them by 11 red US states, calling accusations they violated antitrust laws "baseless". Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Federal Court case claiming the firms "conspired to artificially ...

ETFs recover and dominate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... equities large caps saw positive flows, with the fast-growing sector being international equities small caps. Of ESG funds, Vanguard claimed four of the five top spots in terms of net flows in the past 12 month. The ESG product with the highest inflows ...

Australia leads in greenwashing lawsuits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... has been 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 ...

Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Vanguard Investments Australia managing director Daniel Shrimski believes Australians would be shocked to learn how much is being drained from their retirement savings through super fund fees. New research commissioned by Vanguard, conducted by CT Group ...

Vanguard to pay $13m in greenwashing case brought by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Vanguard will pay a $12.9 million fine after being found guilty of greenwashing earlier this year. It marks the largest penalty ever imposed by the Federal Court for such conduct. In March, the Federal Court found Vanguard misled investors via claims ...

Australia fails benchmark for female-led funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The portfolio size of funds run by women has jumped higher this year, but the number of female-led funds in Australia lags the global average. Only 8% of Australia's funds management industry is run by women, lagging the global average of 12.5% ...

Green Moves: Aus Ethical, S&P, Zevero, Pangolin

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... consultancy, focused on advising financial services businesses on these topics. Before his stint at Aus Ethical, Dennis was at Vanguard for eight years. In international news, S&P Global Sustainable1 - the firm's sustainability intelligence offering ...