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Leaders on road to ESG maturity by 2030: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
A vast majority of corporate leaders believe that ESG priorities will be important to their organisations, but only 39% of leaders believe that they will have implemented the operational changes required to meet their ESG targets by 2030, according ...

Industry reacts to ASIC greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... setting the regulator's expectations, but experts say there is more to be done to improve disclosure on the full gamut of ESG investment products. ASIC undertook its review of a sample of superannuation and investment products and identified three ...

ASIC: improve greenwashing disclosure or risk penalty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) recent information sheet on greenwashing is focused on improving practices on ESG disclosure in managed funds and superannuation, with the regulator saying it would consider enforcement action if they ...

Emerging markets improving on ESG: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Emerging market companies are increasing their focus on ESG issues, citing pressure from investors as a key driver for activity, according to Bank of America. Bank of America's ESG Research recently surveyed issuers in emerging markets, with over ...

ANZ creates head of environmental markets role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... director, corporate finance, Christina Tonkin and managing director for markets Shayne Collins. Kodell joined ANZ last year as ESG advisor from KEAL Capital, now part of Melqart, where he was a partner. He has almost three decades of investment banking ...

Qantas Super in $2bn climate risk mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... weapon systems, joining the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) to influence and engage with companies on ESG issues, excluding tobacco manufacturers from the portfolio, and implementing an Impact Investing Framework in 2020, which ...

Alexis Cheang joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Alexis to the Investment Leadership Team," said Brentnall. "She has long and deep experience in the investment industry and ESG, with prior careers at a major asset manager and a global investment consultant, spanning Australia, the UK, and the USA." ...

Millennials, Gen X lead impact investing demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... the most likely to currently invest and to plan to invest within the next five years. According to American Century head of ESG and sustainable investing Sarah Bratton Hughes there is a rising demand for impact investing across geography, generation ...

HESTA first super fund to oppose AGL demerger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... rights are always exercised in the long-term best interests of members and investors," said BT head of sustainability and ESG Jessie Pettigrew. "To ensure our approach is consistent with this notion, where appropriate and practical to do so, we will ...

US SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a disclosure regime for ESG-related funds and advisers that would see funds disclose information on strategies, progress and achievement. The proposed changes would see the creation of three ...