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Regulation drives ESG advice boom

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Consulting firms and artificial intelligence (AI) tools are experiencing growing demand from entities struggling to navigate new ESG rules, according to global technology research and advisory firm Information Services Group (ISG). A doubling down of ...

ESG not dead yet: Fidelity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... capital, we have a part to play in moving towards a more sustainable economy which better takes into account system-level risk," Tan said. "But, as the survey highlights, there is no one way to create positive impact. This is why we believe effective ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Queensland. He led the lenders remedial action plan, a 4-year program to improve financial resilience, operational resilience and risk culture. But he was recruited directly by the finance chief to lead the Integration program in 2020 when BOQ completed ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... representing $76 trillion in assets under management. With investors increasingly viewing nature degradation and destruction as a risk to portfolios, Parker said an EPA and stronger baseline environmental protection laws would eliminate uncertainty in ...

Energy market not fit for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The National Electricity Market (NEM) is not fit to attract the $122 billion required for the net zero transition, according to the Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG). Market settings are outdated and built for the coal and gas era, says CEIG chief ...

No charge for carbon target failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
While target-setting sparks a positive market response and high ESG scores, a new study out of Berkeley and Harvard finds when companies fail or targets mysteriously vanish, there is limited reaction and no accountability. ESG ratings often ignore missed ...

NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... business practices," NAB group executive for business and private banking Rachel Slade said. NAB is training bankers on climate risk, while CEFC provides resources for potential clients to calculate eligibility and estimate baseline emissions. CEFC co-developed ...

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 ...

Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Previous roles have included executive positions at Macquarie Bank and Rio Tinto. Back in 2005, Piper was head of corporate risk for Macquarie Group, providing oversight and direction for all non-financial aspects of risk management across the investment ...

VFMC wraps up leadership changes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... portfolio design and executive manager of investments. As part of this overhaul, Mark Aarons, VFMC's head of investment risk and absolute returns, was promoted to head of asset classes, the largest of the four investment functions. "Since Mark Aarons' ...