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Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Australian anti-slavery commissioner Chris Evans has told the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) summit that he will be pushing for tougher penalties on those who have not done enough to abolish slavery from their supply chains. "As ...

Barings expands local wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Barings, the US$421 billion global asset manager, has recruited a sales director to help support its growth into the local wealth market. John Nicoll joins a growing Australian Sales team with 90 private credit, real estate and structured finance staffers ...

New gig for Challenger's ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Challenger Ltd has confirmed the appointment of Charlotte O'Meara as the head of responsible investment. The annuity provider said O'Meara is tasked with leading the ESG framework across the investment teams at Challenger, helping the life and ...

QIC appoints institutional distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Sydney-based Paul Raih has been promoted to head of Australia institutional distribution at Queensland's sovereign wealth fund. Reporting directly to Ravi Sriskandarajah, Paul will drive QIC's continued success in the domestic market by growing ...

Genium adds two staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The boutique investment consulting and research house has made two new hires to support the continued growth of its ratings business. Simon Scott joins Genium Investment Partners as a research analyst and will help expand research ratings coverage across ...

Sue Brake joins Aware Super committee

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Super has invited former Future Fund investment chief Sue Brake and Macquarie Group veteran Grant Smith to join its investment committee. The two private markets experts - who have been appointed to the committee for two years - will oversee the ...

Magellan names infrastructure co-leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Two Magellan Financial Group portfolio managers have stepped into leadership roles ahead of investment chief Gerald Stack's departure in July. Stack is the lead portfolio manager for the firm's four infrastructure funds and the head of investments. ...

Link between remuneration and sustainability grows: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Twenty-three of our top 25 listed companies link boardroom pay to sustainability, seeing Australia rank highly among non-EU countries for doing so. A KPMG analysis of the 375 largest listed companies by market cap across 15 countries found 92% of the ...

ASIC releases sustainability reporting guidelines

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Following comprehensive consultation, ASIC has published its regulatory guide on sustainability reporting, having taken on board industry feedback. In November 2024, ASIC released the draft regulatory guidance for consultation. It received 60 submissions ...

SEC drops defence of climate disclosures rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The US regulator has voted to abandon its legal defence of a law that sought to force publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse emissions and other climate-related risks. The law required companies to disclose any climate-related risks ...