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Australian Ethical hires ESG heavyweight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has added another sustainable investment professional to its team as it continues to attract more capital. The fund has hired Dan Simpson as a sustainable and impact specialist and the link between the business's investment ...

Blue Owl completes local private wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... Valtwies joined Blue Owl as a principal, Larry Francis has come on board from Bentham Asset Management, the global credit investment manager. Francis has been appointed vice president and will work for Valtwies in Sydney as part of the firm's private ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... of a mortgage so they can live close to work. Dwyer has more than 30 years of experience in the superannuation and investment sectors. He was chief executive of First State Super (now Aware Super) for 14 years and was also general manager of the NSW ...

ISS ESG introduces new Sustainability Bond Rating

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... bonds that carry the highest relevance to the stated sustainability strategies of their issuers, as well as impact investment related use cases such as working out where labeled bonds' proceeds are actually going and whether impact targets are being ...

Asset managers back new Avoided Emissions Platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... calculating avoided emissions, sometimes also referred to as "scope 4". Robeco, Mirova, Man Group, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, Natixis Investment Management, Amundi, Comgest, Edmond de Rothschild AM, Sienna Investment Managers and Caisse ...

Schroders partners with Apple for clean energy strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... Asia announced the first close of a China renewable energy strategy following a $166 million (US$100 million) anchor investment commitment from Apple. The actively managed strategy targets renewable infrastructure investments in late-stage development ...

Warakirri terminates ethical global equities fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... had assessed several internal and external factors to determine whether the fund was likely to be able to meet its investment objective and "stay true to its key attributes." It comes as the underlying investment manager Northcape Capital, which Warakirri ...

Investors progress on climate, but barriers emerge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... cited by 35% of investors as a barrier, as was lack of opportunities with appropriate risk return. "The Australian investment industry remains focused on the long-term economics; progress on climate is absolutely critical to their beneficiaries' financial ...

Green moves: Challenger, AusBiotech

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Challenger has appointed Charlotte O'Meara as 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 funds management businesses ...

DWS fined $43m for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... saying that investors were misled between mid-2020 to the end of January 2023 by claims that ESG was integral to the investment approach of DWS. DWS also claimed to be a "leader" in ESG investing, but German prosecutors said such statements "did not ...