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ANZ backs Victoria Power Networks' inaugural green bond

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
ANZ Share Investing (ANZ) announced its support for Victoria Power Networks' debut green bond of $750 million across six-and-a-half-years. The funds will support Victoria Power Networks' transition to cleaner energy. The investment marks the first green ...

NZSF quantifies impact investments for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) calculated for the first time that its impact investments amounted to NZ$2.7 billion in the last financial year, which is roughly 3.2% of its total assets. "Our intention is to scale impact investment by embedding ...

GAM names distribution and product lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
GAM Investments is bringing back one of its own to lead the charge on growth, with Australian executive Tim Rainsford returning after a five-year break to helm the Swiss asset manager's product and distribution efforts. Rainsford, who studied at ...

APRA told to reign in super system's financed emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation by 2050. Cooper said that the VER framework can complement the new Australian sustainability reporting standard which applies to all super funds in FY27 and it would support the government's 2035 emissions-reduction target of 62-70% ...

How Australia can benefit from the common ground taxonomy

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Although global trade relationships have been highly volatile, Australia can strengthen its ties with China by consolidating its green taxonomy, experts suggest. Speaking at the IGCC Summit 2025 in Sydney on Friday, Institute of Finance and Sustainability ...

Green moves: Carbon Markets Institute, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
The Carbon Markets Institute has a new chief executive, while Cotality added a head of sustainability solutions and Future Fund welcomes an executive director of energy transition. Australia's sovereign wealth fund has appointed an experienced energy ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
iExtend has expanded its distribution team by appointing a national business development specialist, hiring from Resolution Life. In the newly created role, David Sutjipto will work closely with financial advisers to enhance the client experience and ...

ISS STOXX launches new research services

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... world-class research, and turnkey solutions that support and scale their investment stewardship programs." Financial Standard and FS Sustainability is owned by ISS Market Intelligence, which is part of the ISS STOXX group of companies.

End of an era: Longtime Platinum exec exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... communicator for adviser presentations. After five years, he left for a brief stint in Singapore, where he helped build Standard Chartered's equities broking business. He returned to work with Neilson in 2013 as an investment specialist, strengthening ...

Fiducian sued for greenwashing in ESG fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
ASIC has launched proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW against Fiducian Investment Management, alleging it breached its duties as a responsible entity and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct about its environmental, social and governance ...