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Australia is well placed to benefit of the decarbonisation thematic despite alternate pathways and pace of emission cuts proposed by the Coalition and Australian Labor Pa...
Financial planning
As assets in environmental, social and governance funds reach $3 billion, the regulator is conducting a review into ‘greenwashing’ in funds. ...
Editorial
ESG investing is far from a fad and advisers could lose out if they exclude it from portfolios....
Financial planning
The firm, formerly known as IOOF, has been praised by KPMG as a “rare” company that is tying environmental metrics to long-term incentive plans....
People & Products
Franklin Templeton has appointed Anne Simpson as global head of sustainability, bringing 35 years of international investment and academic expertise to the investment fir...
Funds management
The Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact fund more than tripled funds under management in 2021 as a result of its partnership with the environmental, social and governance-foc...
Funds management
Net zero emissions, natural resource management, diversity and environmental protection initiative Nature Action 100 have been four engagement themes identified for 2022 ...
People & Products
American Century Investments has hired Schroders’ global head of sustainability solutions as senior vice president and head of ESG and sustainable investing....
Financial planning
Whether or not a client is interested in responsible investing will be moot as climate change will need to be considered by advisers as part of best interests duty, accor...
Funds management
Traditional active equity funds did not see any new inflows for two years until the middle of 2020 when the environmental, social and governance boom took off....
People & Products
First Sentier Investors has announced the appointment of David Allen to the role of global head of investment management....
Policy & Regulation
The prudential regulator has released its practice guide on climate change financial risks which will assist banks, insurers and superannuation trustees to manage the fin...
Funds management
Market Forces say ANZ’s updated climate policy falls short in addressing climate change and likened it to “shuffling of the chairs on the Titanic”. ...
Funds management
Alternative funds are increasingly seeking to raise assets from the retail and wealth management space as institutions are constrained on the volume they can allocate to ...
Superannuation
The Your Future, Your Super reform overlooks different investment approaches a trustee might take, including environmental, social and governance investing, according to ...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...