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Carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... December 2021, the government said it would adjust the performance test to account for the religious affiliation of a super fund when applying the annual performance test. This means that if faith-based products were to fail the original performance ...

Goodments founder launches ethical research platform for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... huge kick on sustainability, on the other hand we have this huge uptick of product that's been developed such that every fund manager seems to have a sustainable option," said Ethic Adviser CEO Tom Culver. "What we had is these advisers in the middle ...

Podcast: Real world decarbonisation vs net zero portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... real economy versus investing in low carbon strategies, how to translate net zero commitments into action and the global fund manager's role in meeting its responsibilities on climate change. Last year, Ambachtsheer spoke with FS Sustainability about ...

Australians cite ethical investing as advice gap: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Australian investors say that they would stop using or switch their financial adviser for not providing advice on ethical/responsible investments, according to research from Investment Trends. Investment Trends has released the 2022 Financial Advice ...

US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... trustees of the US$253.1 billion State Board of Administration (SBA) have banned ESG from considerations of the state's fund management practices. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Asset Management is paying US$4 million to settle charges brought by the US ...

Carbon markets, biodiversity on tap at COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The state of further technical negotiations on areas like carbon markets and loss and damage are the subject of the second week of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh The aim of COP27 is, among other issues, to finalse the text of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement ...

Twiggy Forrest invests in Ukraine's post-war green future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's investment firm has committed nearly $750 million to a fund dedicated to rebuilding post-war Ukraine's infrastructure with green and digital assets. Forrest and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the investment ...

Australian asset owners lead on ESG integration, net zero investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Australian asset owners are twice as likely as global peers to target net zero investment, according to bfinance. The independent investment consultancy has released its biennial global asset owner survey, covering a broad range of investment topics ...

Cbus bolsters its ESG team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... investment, research analyst bolstering our focus on responsible investment. The new hires have helped the superannuation fund increase private and public market and social research experience respectively.

Nuveen, SGCH announce separate housing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Adelaide will see a new student accommodation housing project via Nuveen Real Estate while SGCH's affordable housing project with Lighthouse Infrastructure will expand in Western Sydney. Nuveen Real Estate will partner with Flinders University on The ...