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

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Court found Vanguard misled investors via claims it made about ESG screens applied to its $1.1 billion Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund between August 2018 and February 2021. The claims were made via a variety of mediums, including ...

Ultra rich bet on green energy for data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Asset Management (MAM) is expanding its local footprint in response to private wealth's hunger for clean energy and the global digital revolution. The asset management giant's Green Investments arm is now selling private market access to ultra-high-net-worth ...

DEI code to boost retention: CFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Schroders, Neuberger Berman and Loomis Sayles. To put in context, the 190-strong cohort represents nearly 30 per cent of global assets under management. DEI programs can have a serious economic impact when done properly. A 2015 McKinsey Global Institute ...

Australia fails benchmark for female-led funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... portfolio size of funds run by women has jumped higher this year, but the number of female-led funds in Australia lags the global average. Only 8% of Australia's funds management industry is run by women, lagging the global average of 12.5%, the ...

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
More than 530 investors have thrown their support behind global whole-of-government policy overhaul in an effort to reach net zero. The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis letter released this week counts leading super ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Investors are grappling with inadequate frameworks as nature rises to the top of the agenda for material financial risks, say investor groups. The Senate Inquiry into the Government's Nature Positive Bills has recommended amending legislation to ...

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... to Deloitte. The professional services firm's annual CxO Sustainability Report, which gathered insights from 2,100 global C-suite executives globally, found a significant shift in corporate attitudes towards sustainability and climate action. According ...

Blockchain for carbon credits: Northern Trust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The US$1.4 trillion global wealth manager has begun to use blockchain to sell carbon credits to institutional buyers. Part of Northern Trust's Digital Assets and Financial Markets group, the Northern Trust Matrix Zenith is a platform for project developers ...

Green Moves: Aus Ethical, S&P, Zevero, Pangolin

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... where he leads research into responsible investment, ESG, and ethical finance. It's a new, dedicated area of focus for the global market research consultancy, focused on advising financial services businesses on these topics. Before his stint at Aus ...

Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... executive remuneration schemes in the first half of the year, with more 'strikes' likely as the AGM season continues. Global proxy solicitor Georgeson, which analysed shareholder votes from the ASX300 companies that held their AGMs between March ...