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Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The activist shareholder group Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX) has set its scope on large, listed firms that fail to provide paid parental leave. They are targeting childcare provider G8 Education, which employs over 10,000 staff. G8 is an outlier ...

Orbis recruits investment specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Melbourne, Werner du Preez will oversee Orbis' relationships with research houses and support the firm's focus on the retail channel and fund suite in Australia. Du Preez joins Orbis from sister company, Allan Gray Australia, where he served ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's government-owned green bank received $3.5 billion in the six months to December 2024 - just over one transaction per week, bringing total transaction value to $71.5 billion. In its latest bi-annual update, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation ...

Australian Ethical 'cautious' on valuations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Ethical saw another quarter of positive net flows and investment performance, surpassing $13 billion during the quarter. Retail and wholesale net flows hit $173 million, while superannuation flows of $101 million were below recent quarters, due to a ...

Australian Ethical grows FUM to $13.26bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Ethical saw another quarter of positive net flows and investment performance, surpassing $13 billion during the quarter. Retail and wholesale net flows hit $173 million, while superannuation flows of $101 million were below recent quarters, due to a ...

Goldman Sachs AM nabs Fidelity veteran

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... distribution roles at BlackRock and Schroders. At BlackRock, she was responsible for growing BlackRock's Singapore retail distribution business both for mutual funds and iShares ETFs. During her ten years at Schroders, Gan most recently ran the asset ...

Former AIA executive finds new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Former AIA Australia head of retail and partnerships Sam Tremethick has landed at NMG Consulting as a partner responsible for data analytics and insights in Australia and New Zealand. In the new role, Tremethick will focus on life and health insurance ...

Zenith hires from Preqin and Morningstar

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... worked with GlobalData Plc's professional services business. Wang has also held senior roles with Nielsen working in retail and FMCG and with Euromonitor International in strategic consumer research. "Jim's expertise in data analytics and client ...

SG Hiscock adds to Melbourne team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... working with current and prospective clients, strengthening and expanding the firms' relationships amongst wholesale and retail investment channels and financial adviser networks. The recruit joins from Alexander Funds, where he worked as a regional ...

Readers act on news when it impacts returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... rather, only if it helps them make returns. Co-authored by accounting professor Edward Watts, the paper found individual retail investors see ESG as an important tool for money-making. Watts, Qianqian Li, and Christina Zhu looked at investor behaviour ...