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Buyout firm nabs GQG executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
EQT, the Swedish buyout firm, has snapped up GQG Partners' long-serving distribution lead. Daniel Bullock - who worked at GQG for six years - has been appointed EQT's head of private wealth in Australia. Under his leadership, GQG's distribution ...

MSC appoints operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
MSC Group's Shelley Brown will become second-in-command at the trustee firm following a promotion to operating chief. Credited with bringing commerciality to the risk side of the business, Brown has served as both the chief compliance officer and ...

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Sydney-based Berowne Hlavaty has been appointed global head of applied AI and data science at JP Morgan, the financial services giant. After a long career in quantitative research strategy, Hlavaty is making a switch to an internal technology role where ...

CBRE taps industry veteran for research head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
CBRE has appointed a new global head of research to lead the team tasked with advising investors on the forces shaping the commercial real estate market. Henry Chin succeeds Richard Barkham, who will retire at the end of June. A more than 10-year veteran ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Boards that continue to overlook their cyber security priorities at a time when regulators are turning up the heat on cyber resilience can end up "endangering" their organisations and put shareholder value at risk, according to Athena Board. The onus ...

New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...

UBS delays climate target to 2035

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
UBS has delayed its climate targets deadline to 2035 for its operations and flagged it is scrapping its mission to align 20% of total assets within its asset management unit to net zero. In its Sustainability Report 2024 released this week, the global ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Canada's largest pension scheme has hired a former CalPERS investment chief who famously led a big push into private equity and private debt. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has confirmed the appointment of Ben Meng as head of investment ...

Active Super to pay $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Active Super's greenwashing will cost it $10.5 million in civil penalties for misleading members about its ESG credentials purported to eliminate investments in Russian companies and others involved in mining and tobacco, the Federal Court determined. ...

Major instos, family offices headline Impact Investment Summit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific is set to be the biggest ever, featuring heavyweights from Macquarie Group, such as Viktor Shvets and former chief executive Nicholas Moore, set to headline this year's event that focuses on scaling investments ...