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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...
Financial planning
As investors increasingly seek to embed ESG considerations in their portfolios, a specialist adviser has offered tips for financial planners who may feel overwhelmed in t...
Funds management
Responsible investment performance concerns have lessened as the market hits $1.6 trillion in AUM, according to RIAA’s annual report, but greenwashing fears among asset m...
Funds management
As investors seek to diversify their portfolios, the naming of bond labels has broadened out to include green, social, and impact bonds, according to the annual RIAA repo...
Funds management
Magellan Financial Group has terminated three funds in its Core Series, including a sustainable fund and ESG fund, having determined they are “unlikely to achieve the nec...
Funds management
The victory by Donald Trump in the US presidential election could cause fund managers to reconsider the naming of their ESG funds as the US undergoes a political backlash...
Funds management
Stockspot analysis has named the top 10 suburbs across Australia that have the highest proportion of sustainable investors, largely dominated by one state in particular....
Funds management
Investors in Australia and New Zealand allocated US$640 million to sustainable funds in the third quarter of 2024, reversing outflows of US$555 million in the previous q...
Features
As ESG and sustainable funds continue to suffer outflows and the regulator cracks down on greenwashing, there has been a notable downturn in the number of launches and st...
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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...