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NAB subject to Australia's first bank shareholder resolution on nature risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's largest agribusiness lender NAB will face the nation's first shareholder resolution on nature and deforestation risk. The groundbreaking resolution demands greater transparency about how much the bank lends to customers involved in deforestation ...

Net Zero Banking Alliance shuts down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
A month on from pausing activities amid a member vote, the Net Zero Banking Alliance is ceasing operations altogether. The decision follows the group's annual general meeting on September 29-30, at which members were asked to vote on the preferred future ...

GROW recruits HESTA exec to lead product push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Superannuation administrator GROW Inc has secured two heavyweight hires to spearhead its people and product functions. Trevin Erichsen has been named chief product officer, with HR specialist Marcus Waterreus taking on the role of chief people officer. ...

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme has appointed William Leong as head of investments, filling the vacancy left by Ruwanie Dias, who took up a role as global head of externally managed funds at QBE Insurance. Leong joins the $7 billion corporate fund from ...

Ex-Qantas Super private markets lead lands new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Allan Chen, the final member of his team to to secure a new position following the fund's merger with Australian Retirement Trust, has joined Westpac's private bank as an investment director for global investment services. In the role, Chen ...

Climate finance groups call for stronger regulations

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
More than 50 global climate finance groups have issued a joint statement to global financial system regulators and supervisors. The letter pushes for stronger regulations to rule out new fossil fuels. Significant players among the 50 are Market Forces ...

Green moves: Leaders for IMPACT, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Leaders for IMPACT has a new chair, while VFMC has promoted an ESG professional and AIA's shared value lead joins EXPHYS. Jodie Hampshire, a director of Insignia Financial and former head of APAC at Russell Investments, has been appointed chair ...

Norges Bank expands global energy transition investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the investment management arm of Norges Bank, has committed $2.3 billion (US$1.5bn) to Brookfield Asset Management's Global Transition Fund II (BGTF II) to expand its current mandate from the government. The ...

Binance names head of APAC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance appoints a new head of APAC after Vishal Sacheendran left the business in July. SB Seker, who previously worked as senior VP at Crypto.com, will lead the group's Asia Pacific operations, bringing with him a ...

Net Zero Banking Alliance on pause

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Following an exodus of members, the Net Zero Banking Alliance is pausing activities. On August 27, the NZBA Steering Group determined to hold a vote on moving away from a membership-based alliance to establishing its guidance as a framework initiative. ...