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NZ Super 'accepts' court loss, updates policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) issued judicial review proceedings against NZ Super Fund for its failure to divest from Israeli companies that have been deemed by the United Nations to be complicit in the Israeli occupation of Occupied Palestinian ...

Court finds NZ Super exclusions policies 'unlawful'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) issued judicial review proceedings against NZ Super Fund for its failure to divest from Israeli companies that have been deemed by the United Nations to be complicit in the Israeli occupation of Occupied Palestinian ...

Podcast: Climate investing enters a new age

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026  |  NEWS
On a recent visit to Sydney, MSCI's global head of sustainability and climate index Sebastien Lieblich sat down with The Greener Way to shed light on how institutional investors, particularly superannuation funds, are changing their approach to ...

Vanguard settles Texas-led coal antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... Paxton said that under the settlement Vanguard cannot direct its portfolio companies' business strategies, threaten to divest a company if it does not act as desired by Vanguard, or nominate directors or shareholder proposals to portfolio companies. ...

Podcast: Clearing the jargon overload

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
This week on The Greener Way Podcast, host Michelle Baltazar welcomes ESG and responsible investing leader Ian Woods to discuss ESG Unlocked, a new book he has co-authored with Josh Dowse, which was written to address the disconnect between how companies ...

Texas anti-ESG law deemed unconstitutional

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... its introduction was to protect the local oil and gas sector. Under the law, the state must blacklist such companies and divest any state funds unless they change their position. In its first major test, this month Judge Alan Albright of the US District ...

KKR splashes $603m on energy transition platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Global private equity firm KKR is injecting $603 million into HMC's Energy Transition Platform, marking its second climate-related investment in Australia. The commitment will last seven years and is expected to generate a 14% p.a. return. It will be ...

Quinbrook divests in UK flexible energy platform for $83m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Quinbrook has sold its energy optimisation business Flexitricity for about £42 million ($83m) to Drax Smart Generation, a subsidiary of Drax Group. The sale price represents an enterprise valuation of £36 million ($71m) plus an estimated net working ...

AkademikerPension to ditch US treasuries

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension will divest all holdings in US treasuries tipped to be worth US$100 million, according to reports, in part due to tensions over US President Donald Trump's attempted takeover of Greenland. AkademikerPension also ...

Fund managers cite net zero, active ownership as top focus: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Net zero and active ownership, including proxy voting, are the top areas of responsible investment focus for fund managers, Frontier Advisors' annual survey reveals. The 83 fund managers canvassed in the 2025 What fund managers (and consultants) really ...
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