ESG

Financial planning

Stockspot data has uncovered the top Australian suburbs boasting the greatest percentage of sustainable investors for financial advisers targeting these clients....

Funds management

ESG professionals are reporting salaries as high as $500,000, with the ESG hiring space welcoming greater stability following a transformative period....

Financial planning

A panel of ESG experts are urging advisers to lean on specialists to stay informed in a time of widespread misinformation and consider if they are right adviser to deal w...

Financial planning

Former deputy CEO of AMP Capital, David Atkin, has announced he will be returning to Australia after stepping down as chief executive of the Principles for Responsible In...

Financial planning

A global Morgan Stanley report has found 83 per cent of Asia-Pacific individual investors would select a financial adviser based on their sustainable investment offerings...

Financial planning

As the ESG and sustainable investment market undergoes greater consolidation, three commentators explore how financial advisers can explain a fund closure or renaming to ...

Financial planning

With the ESG label often causing confusion among investors, Nanuk Asset Management has encouraged financial advisers to use more plain, specific language with their clien...

Funds management

Five Australasian sustainable funds closed in the last quarter, according to Morningstar, while 39 per cent of all strategies saw outflows during the period....

Financial planning

Leading education provider CFA Institute has removed “ESG” from its specialist qualification, the latest financial services organisation to move away from the term. ...

Financial planning

Responsible Investment Association Australasia chair Ross Piper has stepped down, and the organisation has appointed a successor from First Sentier Investors. ...

Expert Analysis

A recent pullback by the finance sector around climate action is disappointing, but new mandatory reporting rules are a bright spot on the horizon, writes Tony Adams. ...

Features

Commentators say the lack of transparency in private markets is making it difficult for fund managers and advisers to assess them from an ESG perspective....

Funds management

Over 250 sustainable funds globally changed their names or dropped key ESG terms during 2024 amid regulatory greenwashing fears, according to Morningstar data....

Funds management

Magellan has announced a raft of executive changes including the departure of head of investments Gerald Stack after 18 years and a second appointment from Maple-Brown Ab...

Expert Analysis

For many investors, the promise of ESG investing has been evasive and confusion around the term has led to many investors becoming disillusioned with their portfolios, wr...

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