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Green jobs: Impactable, Ortec, Goldman Sachs, Compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... solution, developed in partnership with Cambridge Econometrics. He has experience with a range of insurance companies, pension funds and other institutional investors across the US, Canada, UK, Europe and the APAC region over more than a decade. It's ...

DEI code to boost retention: CFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
In the war for talent, a 77-year-old institute for investment analysts turns to a much-needed solution: a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) code of conduct. This week the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute and its local member chapter ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A human rights complaint against UBS follows legal precedent that financiers are responsible for acting on human rights in passive index funds. The Swiss human rights watchdog accepted a complaint against UBS for holdings in private prison contractors ...

Aussie funds loyal in climate group exodus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The local rep of an influential climate group assuages doubts around the flight of financial firms worth roughly $7.84 trillion, saying Australian firms are still committed. A wave of US asset owners and financial advisors recently exited the Climate ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... establishing an evergreen timberland fund and has its sights set on opportunities in Australia. The $70 billion workplace pension fund has enlisted Campbell Global, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's timberland investment advisory company, to develop ...

Pension fund dumps ESG benchmark for passive investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), one of the largest managers of retirement savings in the world, has dumped the ESG index it had been using for its passive investments in previous years. In March, the fund said it has decided to change ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... oversubscribed £620 million in October 2023, exceeding its £500 million target. The latest strategy attracted a diverse mix of pension, sovereign and insurance, as well as funds, endowments and family offices across Australia, the US, Canada, the UK ...

Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
As of May 2024, over 7,500 institutional investors hold US$4.3 trillion worth of bonds and shares in coal, oil, and gas companies, despite many committing to wind down financed emissions. Vanguard ($413 bn), BlackRock ($400 bn), State Street ($171 bn) ...

Investors exit climate group amid politicisation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has lost two more asset managers; Allspring and AllianceBernstein decided to leave in May. The high-profile withdrawals have been pinned to heavy politicisation of ESG. This follows the departure of J.P. Morgan, Invesco ...

Latest disclosure update

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global standards, benchmarks and taxonomies move to align for greater interoperability - the EU proposes new sustainable financial product labels. Here is the latest. TNFD and EFRAG release alignment mapping The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial ...