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Wellington client exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... actuarial valuations manager at Southern Life in South Africa. As for King, he has spent 16 years at the firm and worked in the Sydney office in client service, transition management and operations for eleven years before moving to Singapore in 2019. ...

Ellerston Capital hires investment specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Ellerston's adviser network. Salomon brings with her over 17 years of industry experience. At L1 Capital, based in Sydney, she looked after the IFA channel. Before that, she held similar roles at Vanguard and Perpetual Investments Ltd. She previously ...

New tool sniffs out greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Future Group's new and much-needed green lie detector has been made open source, available for free for all. The tool developed in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Futures promises to help investors ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... engagement activity. In March last year, they sold their shares in Lendlease over the group's housing development in Sydney that risked the safety of a koala colony in the area. "We don't take divestment lightly. It is our last resort, and it ...

Shared equity to build intergenerational wealth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... communities across Australia and global First Nations groups." The partnership was announced at the ASFI annual summit held in Sydney on Thursday, where there was a particular focus on the role of First Nations Peoples in sustainable finance. Kristy ...

Short term thinking cripples efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... First Nations philosophies and the overwhelming concern that the finance sector is not forward-thinking. Held at the Hilton Sydney on 31 October, perspectives focused on the lessons to be learned from over 50,000 years of Indigenous culture in Australia ...

Veteran ESG lead rejoins abrdn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... issues in their investment processes and decisions. Before her three years with the PRI, she worked briefly with Rest Super. Sydney-based Veerappan has had a long career advising institutional asset owners on responsible investment, as well as manager ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
The controversial $370 billion pact between the US, Australia, and the UK, or 'AUKUS', is being sold as a boon for the economy and nation-building exercise that will amplify defence capabilities and strengthen regional security. But is it all ...

UN PRI bolsters APAC expertise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... appointed co-chair of the International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) Board alongside Kristen Wallwork. Based in Sydney, Tang has a notable background including at the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), Women in Economics Network ...

First Sentier heeds the call of nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... not just the finance sector that can sign up - corporations like Qantas, educational institutions like the University of Sydney, and the power company EnergyAustralia have also committed to disclose their nature-related impacts, dependencies, risks and ...