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

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Vanguard on the fund was less than $1 million in FY21 and about $1.3 million in FY22 - less than 0.5% of Vanguard's total income in each of those periods. He said he believed a $12.9 million fine was "proportionate and strikes an appropriate balance ...

Australia fails benchmark for female-led funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Globally, the number of women in portfolio management positions has risen from 12.1% to 12.5% year on year, drawing from a total of 18,141 fund managers. Taiwan, with 339 fund managers, again leads the pack with 32% of its portfolio managers being female ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Insurers will no longer be able to use genetic test results in life insurance underwriting, with a total ban to be introduced by the government. Earlier this year, the government consulted on the use of genetic test results in underwriting life insurance ...

CareSuper ousts ESG policies in merger

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... fund's portfolio. The following will be dropped: 15% portfolio allocation to impact investing by 2030 50% reduction in total portfolio carbon footprint by 2030 Exclusions on controversial weapons Exclusions on thermal coal and fossil fuel-related ...

Music mecca hits the right note for nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... with carbon consultancy NetNada following its 2023/34 touring festival season. The exercise enabled financiers to gauge the total environmental impact of the festival. Wilder lands CEO Ash Knop said there has been an uptick in companies beginning to ...

Indices move beyond carbon tunnel vision

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... is now being made available to an even larger group of investors." Robeco has A$321 billion in assets under management in total.

Regulator hones in on greenwash as climate laws tighten

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The corporate watchdog is sharpening its focus on financial products and services as mandatory climate reporting looms, according to ASIC commissioner Kate O'Rourke. The regulator has taken action 47 times between April 2023 and June 2024, including ...

State Street receives Shariah-compliant certificate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... finance industry is set to boom in the next few years, with S&P Global Ratings forecasting a high single-digit growth in total assets in the sector. Similarly, the London Stock Exchange Group predicts a tremendous spike in total Islamic finance assets ...

NorthStar Impact analyst joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... government financing and investment arm to more deeply integrate climate risk, decarbonisation and ESG insights into its total portfolio management approach to investing. This article first appeared in Industry Moves.

Catastrophe bill blows up to $90bn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... (US$1bn) or more in the half. Insured losses from storms have increased by approximately eight per cent annually since 2008. Total economic losses for the 2024 first half were $191bn, down slightly from $240bn in the first six months of 2023. Of this ...