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Climate ETF smashes global record

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... tech-heavy, with top holdings in the Big Five tech firms. Varma head of listed securities Timo Sallinen said the record investment aligns with the firm's prior investment in the global KLMT ETF which launched earlier this year. The investments will provide ...

Big money urged to leverage influence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... protect shareholder rights, decarbonisation policies for the built environment, vehicle emissions standards, and public investment in renewables. However, no asset owner fully utilised all levers of influence. Three-quarters lacked stewardship on climate ...

Investors "not interested" in nuclear

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... operational costs would likely be borne by taxpayers. "Nuclear energy for electricity generation in Australia has no investment support," CEIG CEO Richie Merzian said. Investors need policy certainty, and for the government to remain committed to a stable ...

Readers act on news when it impacts returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
A Yale study has found investors don't seek out ESG-related news for feel-good reasons, but 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 ...

Climate changes how investors get paid

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... recognised immediate actions must be taken to manage risks and slow global warming. "In response, firms alter their investment and financing policies. This study adds to the growing literature showing how firms change their payout policies with detailed ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Organisational restructuring at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has led to 17 redundancies including in the leadership team, and more departures for other reasons. Chief responsible investment ecosystems officer Rose Easton said on LinkedIn ...

Con Michalakis jumps to Funds SA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
High-profile Hostplus executive Con Michalakis has landed the top investment job at the $46 billion public sector investment manager. Reporting to Funds SA chief executive John Piteo, Michalakis will replace acting chief investment officer Matt Kempton ...

ART beefs up analytics team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Corporation, where she oversaw the front-line customer businesses and large-scale operations. Her title at the $92 billion investment manager for the State of Victoria was director of client, government, and corporate communications. Dunn brings 25 years' ...

FX expert jumps from Insight to HSBC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Former Insight Investment specialist Ben Ereira will join HSBC Global Markets after the Christmas break. "I'm pleased to announce I will be working with the 3 times in a row winner of European Pensions Currency Manager of the Year - HSBC in January," ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Future Fund senior associate Wai-Kwan Chislett has moved from running overlay strategies to working with the responsible investment team until next July. Chislett has been with Australia's sovereign wealth fund for four years, most recently as senior ...