Market Commentary

Investment Magazine Earlier this month the world’s largest LEGO store opened in Sydney’s CBD. Visitors to the two-level 900sqm store marvelled at massive LEGO creations such as a Sydney Harbour Bridge with 549,378 bricks that took 3,630 hours to build. LEGO is the world’s largest toymaker and rated by Reptrak as the world’s most reputable […]

InvestorDaily Sustainability issues are ingrained into contours for mainstream investing today and it is clear that social and environmental matters are intertwined. This can be seen in the widely accepted framework that targets social and environmental issues under sustainable development goals (SDGs). Frameworks that had previously solely focused on the environment have developed to also […]

InvestorDaily The deputy chief investment officer of Australian Ethical has discussed the pure-play ethical investment manager’s approach and what makes it different to other firms. Among a sea of global asset managers, an Australian firm has recently garnered recognition from Morningstar for its outstanding ESG leadership. This recognition comes at a time when the demand […]

Investment Magazine New Zealand’s responsible investment market now accounts for more than half of the country’s total managed funds universe for the first time, reaching a record NZ$183 billion (A$172 billion) in 2022. An annual Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) study listed NZ Super, AMP, ANZ New Zealand Investments, Trust Waikato and Accident Compensation Corporation among the […]

InvestorDaily In its latest Year in Review report, the Future Fund declared that in 2022–23, “the role of beta is increasingly challenged and the role of alpha is more important than ever”. “The divergence of economies means companies can better distinguish themselves in a more difficult environment,” the sovereign wealth fund said. “As a result, active alpha-seeking […]

InvestorDaily The deputy CIO of Australian Ethical has expressed his views on greenwashing, greenhushing, and recent developments in the regulatory space. The recent trend of firms quietly hiding their climate goals to avoid scrutiny has been described as “counterproductive” by Australian Ethical deputy chief investment officer John Woods. In Australia, the trend of “greenhushing” has […]