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Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Trends research and RIAA. ESG investing, client communication and other trends are key topics in the forthcoming Financial Standard ESG Best Practice Forum in Melbourne on 26 May. To register for the event, click here. Photo by Kobu Agency on Unsplas ...

Net zero: How to separate truth from marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... some digging to work out which commitments are backed by real plans and which are just talk. As reported by Financial Standard from the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) senior ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... to be meaningfully independent from super funds and advise only on an arm's length basis, as reported by Financial Standard. "This is a very political initiative and it's making it harder for super funds to cost effectively engage with and get the ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Rest industry super fund has launched its responsible investment option. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, Rest's 1.7 million members will now have access to 'Sustainable Growth', the fund's first socially responsible ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... US$2 billion Lendlease Americas Residential Partnership (LARP), according to reporting from sister publication Financial Standard. Lendlease has six multifamily developments across four US cities, with plans for expansion, Hickey said. "We are excited ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Not having a strong federal policy on climate change and a pathway to move to zero carbon emissions by 2050 brings continued risk to Australia's economic growth long term, according to the head of one the leading economic think tanks. Danielle Wood ...

Ethical fund manager sets ambitious FUM target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... make ethical investing available to all Australians, we believe in that positive force." Sister publication Financial Standard recently profiled Australian Ethical CEO John McMurdo on how his passion for mountain biking supports his love for challenges ...

ESG managed fund fees revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Vanguard's Australian Shares Index was the largest ETF, with $5.748 billion in AUM. Last week, sister publication Financial Standard reported that the Australasian sustainable funds sector reported a record $1.8 billion of inflows throughout the ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... emergency-services workers, and childcare employees. Damien Webb, the head of income and real assets at Aware, told Financial Standard that the units will be offered at a 20% discount. During the pandemic, one area of concern Aware heard from its members ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... consciously bias, we're deidentifying the system, we're focusing on candidate versus CV," Hunter told Financial Standard. "Since adopting this, in under two years, we've transformed the way we hire. We are on the on-going journey of making ...