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Australian banks fail to manage financed deforestation: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Latest findings identified mortgages provided by major banks are contributing to deforestation, with just one bank having made a 'No deforestation' commitment. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) conducted analysis of 100 land titles and found ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

La Caisse ups climate investment targets

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
La Caisse is ambitiously aiming to have CAD $400 billion ($454bn) worth of climate action investments in its portfolio by 2030. Releasing its 2025-30 climate strategy last week, La Caisse, formerly known as CDPQ, unveiled its aims to accelerate the ...

Perennial Partners expands sustainable offerings

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Perennial Partners is buying a majority stake in Melior Investment Management and will take over management of its flagship impact fund. Under the agreement, the Melior brand will transition to Perennial, and the Melior investment team will increase ...

Green moves: JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Joining T. Rowe Price 16 years ago, Lawton's background is in impact investing and portfolio management. T. Rowe Price Australia country Darren Hall said: "Matt's leadership will facilitate a cohesive approach in extending our impact fixed income ...

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
While still at a very nascent stage in Australia, direct indexing holds great potential - particularly for ESG and responsible investors. Investing in line with your values is a very idiosyncratic desire as what's important to one investor can differ ...

Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... sustainability disclosures. "The Australian taxonomy will provide a common standard for green and transition finance in Australia, helping to accelerate the allocation of capital towards activities that enable Australia's net zero ambitions," ASFI said. ...

ART overhaul sees senior portfolio managers exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust's leadership overhaul has led to the departure of two senior portfolio managers. Ondre Ozer is set to leave ART as the country's second-largest superannuation fund moves to disband its investment resilience and planning ...

‍Padua recruits tech professional

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Padua Solutions has appointed Dimitri Diamantes to the newly created role of senior technical services manager, overseeing the advice fintech's software, services, research and data divisions. Diamantes has almost two decades of experience in financial ...