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Mercer appoints APAC sustainable investment leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... is recruiting for a client leader, sustainable investing - Pacific, who will be responsible for leading ESG and climate advice to clients. Mather noted that the number of ESG issues that investors must consider has "proliferated." "Where climate change ...

Industry reacts to ASIC greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... sheet has relevance to the adviser industry as well, with Ethical Invest Group founder and lead facilitator of the Ethical Advice Accelerator Alexandra Brown warning advisers that they need to conduct proper due diligence for their clients. "If a company ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... officers won't know that there's a big opportunity from the IT side," O'Mahony said. When firms approach Deloitte seeking advice on transitioning to cloud-based services, the tipping point is either a new head of IT or digital, or there's a push to change ...

Strong demand for ESG managed accounts: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... firms that don't use managed accounts. The research conducted with advisory consultancy Business Health assessed 224 advice practices with 76 of those using managed accounts. Those firms using managed accounts for more than three years achieve 79% ...

Pollination harvests blue carbon credits from mangrove project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... its 60-year lifetime. Pollination has been a long-term strategic adviser as well as investor in the project, providing advice around carbon sequestration and carbon mkaret participation, Cohn said. "In terms of the environmental benefits of the project ...

Platforms increasing ESG products, research: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... annual Platform Benchmarking Report, with focus areas included supporting advisers with regulatory change, digitisation, advice delivery, and practice efficiency. The growing importance of ESG has been demonstrated through developments by BT Panorama ...

Proxy adviser reforms overturned by Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The Senate has overturned proxy advice reforms announced at the end of last year, three days after the new regime had begun. On a vote of 29 votes to 25, the Senate disallowed the new regulations that were announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in December ...

Baker McKenzie hires special counsel from industry super fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... service Australian superannuation funds," said Baker McKenzie national managing partner Anthony Foley. "She also offers advice to fund managers managing assets for Australian super funds, those co-investing with super funds, and the provision of ESG ...

Australian Unity appoints head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... across Australian Unity's wealth and capital markets platform, including managed funds, investment bond products, financial advice and trustee services. Moore's appointment is designed to support Australian Unity's "ambition to become a leader in corporate ...

Proxy advisers assess impacts of government reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... license and will be required to share their recommendations on a company with the company on the same day it provides that advice to institutional clients. Beginning 1 July, proxy advisers will need to be independent of their institutional clients, with ...