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Climate changes how investors get paid

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Climate change is causing a shift in the way investments are returned, from paying dividends to repurchasing shares - particularly in Australia. New research from the University of Queensland (UQ) finds the US, China, and the Philippines are also most ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Mike Mrdak, Michele O'Neil, Robynne Quiggin, Anna Skarbek, and Zoe Whitton. This comes as the Net Zero Economy Authority Act officially commences this week.

Con Michalakis jumps to Funds SA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
High-profile Hostplus executive Con Michalakis has landed the top investment job at the $46 billion public sector investment manager. Reporting to Funds SA chief executive John Piteo, Michalakis will replace acting chief investment officer Matt Kempton ...

Anne Fuchs takes on new role at ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Highly experienced financial services expert Anne Fuchs now has a broader new role at Australian Retirement Trust. ART executive general manager for advice, guidance and education has been appointed executive general manager of advocacy and impact. ...

Wellington client exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
One of the world's largest privately held asset managers has farewelled a senior executive who has been with the firm for two decades. Charles Davies has retired from the $1.2 trillion investment manager where he was a relationship manager in the ...

Morningstar hires research manager for super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Morningstar Australasia has recruited a manager to lead its superannuation research coverage on local asset owners. William Anglingdarma will support Morningstar's strategy to provide comprehensive superannuation fund ratings on fund fees, features ...

Asset managers move climate targets in-house

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Goldman Sachs (GS) and Franklin Templeton shed light on their departures from UN-convened Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and embattled climate group Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) respectively. GS said it would move its climate commitments to oversight ...

Future Group ramps up screening

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
GuildSuper, Child Care Super, and smartMonday have not been marketed as sustainable funds in the past, however going forward their international equities portfolio contains no investments in fossil fuels, weapons, nuclear energy, and gambling. For tobacco ...

QIC Real Estate secures $3.75bn SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
QIC Real Estate just converted more than a quarter of its portfolio into Sustainability-Linked Loans (SSL), taking its total sustainable financing to 73.4% of Australian property debt facilities. The funds are QIC Property Fund (QPF) at $2.8bn, and ...

Big names back plastics phaseout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors alongside peers signaled its support for a strong global agreement on plastic pollution, even as the treaty was stalled at the final stages. BNP Paribas, Fidelity and Robeco threw their weight behind the Global Plastic Treaty; alongside ...