Commissioner Sean Hughes was due to end his five-year term in December but will now stop on 3 February.
January 18, 2023ASIC says Black Mountain Energy made misleading statements in three ASX announcements regarding a natural gas development project.
January 5, 2023The move came a day after a senate committee report was released highlighting the outsized influence of the “Big Three” asset managers towards ESG.
December 14, 2022Vanguard's exclusion was meant to prevent investment in companies that sell tobacco products, but its screen only excluded manufacturers and not sellers.
December 2, 2022A UN expert group says companies claiming to be on a path to net zero cannot also be building or investing in new fossil fuel assets.
November 10, 2022Fidelity has become the second global asset manager to receive approval to set up a fully-owned mutual fund business after BlackRock.
August 8, 2021The government is said to be concerned about the growing influence of super funds as large shareholders of ASX listed companies.
August 5, 2021BlackRock is the first foreign asset manager to win approval to launch a wholly-owned mutual fund business in China.
June 12, 2021Vanguard says the mutual funds market is “fairly crowded” and that it would instead focus on a JV with Ant Group providing robo-advisory services to retail investors.
March 19, 2021The latest designations are a response to the arrest of 53 pro-democracy politicians and activists this month. Hong Kong's government called the move "insane, shameless and despicable".
January 18, 2021