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Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
An alliance of financiers with over US$57.5 trillion in assets has bowed to US political pressure and hit pause after the exit of the world's largest asset manager, BlackRock. Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM), which has over 300 members, announced ...

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
IFM Investors and HESTA, by way of its mandate with the former, will take a 49% stake in Splend Group, a provider of subscription electric vehicles. IFM Investors has made the investment via its Growth Partners Fund 2, with HESTA and others also investing ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are increasingly concerned about the "twin crises" of biodiversity loss and climate change resulting from deforestation. That was a key finding of ISS STOXX's Natural Capital Research Institute's first report on how investors ...

GFANZ pivots amid climate alliance shake-up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
A major climate group bids adieu to three major institutions - with one firm saying it will focus on a different group which will no longer require members to adopt net zero targets. Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) just lost Citigroup, Morgan Stanley ...

Rest-backed climate fund buys first assets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Fidelity has made its first purchases in the Fidelity Real Estate Logistics Impact Climate Solutions (LOGICs) Fund, buying three European assets for an undisclosed sum with Rest as a cornerstone investor. LOGICs, Fidelity's second climate impact ...

Green careers in silent crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
New insights reveal sustainability professionals are fighting anxiety, loneliness, imposter syndrome, and internal greenwashing, both at home and abroad. A UK study has revealed 43% of green professionals are the sole staff member responsible for sustainability ...

Podcast: Investing in PFAS solutions with Georgia Hall

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
In August, it was revealed that PFAS known as 'forever chemicals' have been found in water filtration plants and even in platypus livers across NSW, which Australian authorities said were at a 'safe' level of exposure for the population ...

Rest nabs culture leader from Aware

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Rest Super has recruited two experienced hands to drive the fund's strategic focus on workplace culture and employee experience. Amy Matthews has been appointed general manager of organisational capability & people experience, while Kama Ghosn joins ...

Zenith hires from Preqin and Morningstar

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Zenith Investment Partners has made two new appointments to its business development team - Jim Wang and Doug Hope. Based in Sydney, they will report to Zenith's head of sales, Glenn Boyes. Wang will join the institutional team where he will oversee ...

HMC Capital unit beefs up Melbourne office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Payton Capital, the private debt fund manager, has continued its hiring spree by beefing up its Melbourne ranks by appointing three senior relationship managers and a senior business improvement analyst. The move to bolster the Victorian team follows ...