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Shareholders to say 'no' to gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Ethical investment groups Ethinvest and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Latest fund data show ESG funds were hit hard by outflows in the June quarter, but some strategies and fund managers are thriving. Australia and New Zealand sustainable funds suffered $1.2 billion in outflows (US$800 million) in the three months to ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... included in international Green Bond Indices after issuance. The issuance is expected to be priced on Tuesday. Exchange-traded (ETF) Green Treasury Bonds are expected to be available in 2025. Australia's inaugural Green Treasury Bond has been hotly anticipated ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... disparities in performance create fresh concerns for product providers, Goltz conceded. "Dispersion in performance allows ETF providers to always present investors some strategy that has recently outperformed. The evidence from the literature on funds' ...

Russell Investments introduces new ESG-focused ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Russell Investments has launched its first multi-strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Australia, offering investors access to an actively managed portfolio of international shares with a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. ...

Two new ETFs for Franklin Templeton

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Franklin Templeton has launched actively managed global equity and fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the ASX today. The Franklin Global Growth Fund (FRGG) invests in companies operating in developed and emerging markets from around the world ...

Fund managers "eagerly" await green Treasury bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... to add this fixed income building block to their portfolio through funds like our Sustainability Leaders Diversified Bond ETF. "Importantly, the issuance of a Treasury Green Bond will create increased global interest in Australian dollar denominated ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Major ESG indices have responded to allegations they listed companies with links to the Myanmar military junta. The indices, MSCI, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones, were used by BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust, State Street and Vanguard to model ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
A now-defunct app-led climate impact fund is the latest entity to cop a fine for greenwashing from the regulator. Melbourne Securities Corporation (MSC) has paid $13,320 to comply with an ASIC infringement notice relating to allegations of misleading ...

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... action and scrutiny," it stated. One of Blackrocks biggest ESG-labelled exchange-traded funds - iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF (SUSA) - has suffered a $1.5b net investor outflow in the past four trading sessions, according to Bloomberg the fund's ...