ESG

Funds management

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute has appointed Guy Debelle, former RBA deputy governor, to lead its newly formed expert group as the sustainable finance taxon...

Funds management

BlackRock and Vanguard have seen their scores slashed by a climate think tank for rolling back on their ESG commitments in light of an anti-ESG trend in the US....

Funds management

Magellan has appointed Amy Krizanovic as head of ESG and it is understood her predecessor and former deputy CIO, Dom Giuliano, has departed the firm after 16 years....

People & Products

Federated Hermes and First Sentier Investors have announced new hires to boost their sustainability and impact capabilities....

Funds management

Amid market volatility, wealth managers have been prioritising portfolio mix resilience for their high-net-worth clients to fortify long-term value over quick returns, ac...

People & Products

Adam Kirkman, head of ESG at AMP Capital, has left the firm after 12 years....

Funds management

Appearing on the latest episode of Relative Return, Nanuk Asset Management’s director and chief investment officer, Tom King, has shared why he discourages advisers from ...

Financial planning

EXCLUSIVE As clients increasingly seek sustainability-related products and funds, advisers who recommend them could eventually fall under the greenwashing purview of regu...

Funds management

A year-long research programme by fund manager Alphinity and CSIRO aims to provide a framework to assess, manage, and report on responsible artificial intelligence risks....

Editorial

While investors have moved past the idea of ESG as a kind of philanthropic activity, the uncertainty and volatility of markets this year could end up pitting ‘values’ ag...

Financial planning

The lack of risk-rated ESG funds is a hindrance to their uptake by financial advisers, according to an adviser....

Funds management

EXCLUSIVE Popular ETFs could soon come under ASIC’s radar as major ESG funds hold stocks that leading investment managers believe are far from ethical....

Financial planning

In conversation with Money Management, RIAA’s chief executive, Simon O’Connor, has shared how the organisation is creating initiatives to engage and help the advice commu...

Financial planning

It will be impossible to find a “sweet spot” of how much information on ESG is appropriate and advisers can expect overwhelming volumes to continue to be necessary for co...

Financial planning

A change in power dynamics can mean the need to change an investment strategy’s ESG approach overnight, according to a panel of advisers....

 

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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