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    There’s a ‘Seismic Shift’ in ESG Investing, Says Fund Pioneer

    2021-06-04

    BNN Bloomberg: An Australian money manager that’s been building ESG funds since 1986 is seeing an acceleration in assets under management as demand ramps up from investors following years of slow growth.

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    ESG Needs Better Disclosure Standards

    2021-06-01

    Money Management: Fund managers should be subject to more rigorous standards to ensure their disclosures about environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing are accurate, according to Stoic Venture Capital.

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    ESG Demand Helps Fund Manager’s Stock Outpace Australian Peers

    2021-04-22

    BNN Bloomberg: The stock performance of an Australian fund manager that’s focused on ethical investments is trouncing its peers as ESG assets soar in popularity.

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    Australian Investors Warm to Sustainable Themes

    2020-02-26

    Institutional Asset Manager: Australia’s mutual fund assets in sustainable investments surged 23.0 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to AUD66.8 billion (USD46.7 billion) in 2019, and gathered AUD1.2 billion in inflows over the same period.

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    Australia Banks to Face Climate Stress Tests

    2020-02-20

    Bloomberg: Get serious on climate change risks. That’s the message from Australia’s prudential regulator as it joined counterparts in the U.K., the Netherlands and Singapore in ramping up its surveillance of how ready financial institutions are to deal with climate change.

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    Australia’s First Super Places Manager on Watch

    2019-12-13

    IPE: A small Australian industry fund, First Super, has placed its A$143m (€88.3m) investment with global fund manager Orbis Investment Advisory “on watch” to enforce its ESG concerns.

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    TCorp Launches Sustainability Bond

    2019-11-20

    Top 1000 Funds: The investment arm of one of Australia’s state governments, TCorp, has issued a A$1.8 billion sustainability bond reflecting the appetite of investors which are increasingly hungry for bonds that are issued to fund social and environmental projects.

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    Super Funds Shirking Social Issues are Breaking Law: AusSuper Chief

    2019-05-08

    The Sydney Morning HeraldSuperannuation funds failing to consider environmental, social and corporate governance risks when investing their members' retirement savings are in breach of their duties and therefore the law, says the head of Australia's biggest industry super fund.

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    Climate Change Investment Strategy

    2019-04

    FS Super: Over time the analysis, supported by independent research, determined that climate change is an investment risk and, as a prudent investor, that needed to address that risk. This paper sets out the strategy, how they have implemented it and some of the frameworks they have used.

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    Bank Boards Told to show More Discretion on Executive Pay

    2019-03-28

    The Sydney Morning Herald: Amid disagreement between investors over how best to structure executive pay packets, company directors say the regulator may need to help boards withstand short-term pressure from investors by encouraging a more "holistic" view of pay and performance.

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