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Challenging market weakens ESG-focused fund flows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... energy companies or to underweight them. The drop in Australasia is attributed entirely to one institutional client at Vanguard Australia that pulled its investment from the firm's ethically conscious funds. Flows into Australasian active sustainable ...

ASIC takes Vanguard to court over further greenwashing claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC is taking Vanguard to court over greenwashing allegations relating to a global bond index fund. This is the second time the market regulator has taken action against Vanguard over greenwashing. ASIC has lodged civil penalty proceedings in federal ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... voting against biodiversity proposals at AGMs. Deeper analysis of three of the top five global asset managers - BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA - uncovered that despite public commitments to sustainable investing, their sustainability funds consistently ...

ASIC fines Future Super over greenwashing Facebook post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... $150,000 in infringement notices to date in response to concerns about alleged greenwashing, including Tlou Energy Limited, Vanguard Investments Australia, Diversa Trustees Limited and Black Mountain Energy. Additionally, in February, ASIC launched court ...

New Zealand regulator warns Vanguard for disclosure failure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
New Zealand's market watchdog has pulled up Vanguard Investments for failing to officially inform them that ASIC had issued infringement notices relating to instances of greenwashing. The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko - ...

More greenwashing investigations ahead: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... or ethical," he said. "For example, last year we issued three infringement notices against investment management firm Vanguard Investments for misleading statements about the extent to which their funds applied investment exclusions for tobacco-related ...

ASIC takes Mercer to court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... $140,000 in infringement notices to date in response to concerns about alleged greenwashing, including Tlou Energy Limited, Vanguard Investments Australia, Diversa Trustees Limited and Black Mountain Energy. Action against greenwashing is one of ASIC's ...

Vanguard quits net zero investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Vanguard has quit the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM), saying they wished to provide clarity to investors regarding the role of index funds and how they think about material risks like climate change. Vanguard - which has more than $11 trillion ...

ASIC fines Vanguard for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Vanguard Investments has become the first investment manager to be fined by ASIC over greenwashing. Vanguard paid $39,960 to comply with three infringement notices related to product disclosure statements (PDS)for the Vanguard International Shares Select ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... and sustainable products have launched in Australia, including two Sharia-compliant ETFs and a positive impact fund. Vanguard Australia has launched a positive impact global equities fund that aims to outperform the broad global equities market with ...