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Rest revises sustainable option's investment criteria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Rest is updating the investment criteria for the property, infrastructure and alternatives asset classes within its Sustainable Growth option, from August 29. The $100 billion superannuation fund said since the option launched in 2021, the investment ...

Macquarie AM raises $626m to ride India's growing EV market

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has raised US$405 million ($626m) for its fleet electrification solutions platform Vertelo, gathering funds from institutional investors including Australian Ethical. MAM raised US$200 million ($308m) in concessional ...

Aberdeen drops 'sustainable' from fund name

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... as ESG laggards based on our proprietary scoring. The fund will target a meaningfully lower carbon intensity than the benchmark." The objective of the fund is also changing. Currently, the objective is to "provide investors with high capital growth over ...

IFM Investors launches modern slavery framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... like KnowTheChain's sector-specific benchmarks and the World Benchmarking Alliance's Corporate Human Rights Benchmark offer valuable reference points, while emerging technology solutions including AI and blockchain applications promise greater ...

Super performance test impacts green investing: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the government to adjust some elements of the superannuation performance test to help encourage super funds to invest more in Australia's energy transition. The peak super body ...

Former board member kickstarts crowdfunding for CalPERS probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... public pension mismanagement and corruption, take the lead on the investigation. A former SEC attorney and the founder of Benchmark Financial Services, Brown said Siedle has conducted more than US$1 trillion in forensic investigations of retirement plans ...

Perennial Partners expands sustainable offerings

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... million in assets under management and has returned just over 8.3% in the 12 months to May 31, on par with the ASX300 benchmark (8.3%).

Green moves: JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... the Global Impact Short Duration Bond Strategy. The asset manager said that, together, these strategies aim for both benchmark outperformance and measurable impact. In addition, T. Rowe Price and IFC, a member of the World Bank, announced plans to create ...

Equity Trustees fined by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Equity Trustees was fined nearly $60,000 by the regulator for making misleading statements about the holdings of a sustainable bond fund. Equity Trustees agreed to pay three infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading ...

Podcast: How direct indexing could supercharge ESG investing

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... low-cost, custom portfolio that removes all the ESG exposures an investor doesn't want while still tracking a selected benchmark could prove a game-changer in more ways than one. Briefcase founder and chief executive Josh Persky joins The Greener ...