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Green job moves: ACSI, Edge, Investa

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Australia's sunny shores and super fund prowess beckon a London-based ESG pro, as other sustainability whizzes switch roles. After nine years, Michael Hamblett has been snatched from Columbia Threadneedle Investments EMEA APAC, a global financial services ...

S&P Global gains top sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The high-profile Désirée Lucchese has quit MLC Life Insurance after just four months to join S&P Global as a sustainability solutions specialist. Lucchese said she is keen to return to the "complex, nuanced and ever-evolving space of investment data ...

NorthStar Impact analyst joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
TCorp has hired a new senior analyst to join the stewardship team on climate risk. Joining from NorthStar Impact, Sophia Carson Edwards has seven years' experience in the investment management industry. Before NorthStar, she was a sustainability ...

Podcast: A just transition for regional Australia with Amanda Cahill

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
No one should be left behind in the transition to a net zero economy - and behind the scenes, both private and public sectors are working hard to understand where funding needs to flow. But putting aside nice-to-haves, will achieving a just transition ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Australian investors may face a global financial disaster as early as next year, risk researchers warn. Bert Kramer is head of climate research and ESG solutions at risk management firm Ortec Finance. He cautions that the upcoming revision of nationally ...

ASX200 boards near gender target: ACSI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank, Macquarie and Helia Group top the list of ASX200 companies with the most women at board level, but questions remain on the link between boardroom diversity and financial performance. Female directors doubled in under a decade ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
ANZ bank, fund manager Nuveen and the Australian Department of Finance and Trade (DFAT) are part of a steering committee backing Indonesia's move to raise $1.5 billion in gender-based capital by next year. The agreement was struck at a roundtable meeting ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Quinbrook, the specialist global infrastructure investment manager, has closed its largest-ever capital raise at $3 billion for the Net Zero Power Fund. The strategy focuses on large-scale solar, renewable fuels, power generators, and battery storage. ...

NZ investors to buoy positive impact funds, fears greenwashing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Positive impact fund managers should direct their efforts towards the New Zealand market after an investor survey last month found three in four New Zealanders want to invest in positive impact strategies. The annual survey, Voices of Aotearoa: Demand ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Climate data provider ISS ESG removes one of the biggest hurdles for banks and insurers looking to comply to imminent emissions disclosure laws. This week ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, announced a string of upgrades to its Climate ...