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CPA calls on government to promote ESG adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
CPA Australia is urging the government to use the 2026-27 Federal Budget to reduce red tape, improve productivity and strengthen Australia's long-term competitiveness. In its pre-Budget submission, CPA Australia set out six priority reform areas which ...

Top JBWere wealth leader heads to UBS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
JBWere has lost a high-profile leader from its executive team, with Andrew Bird resigning after almost a decade with the firm. Over the past ten years, he led JBWere, National Australia Bank's wealth management arm, overseeing teams serving high-net-worth ...

Super moves: Top super funds lose key risk executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
As regulators ramp up scrutiny of asset owners and managers, Australia's two largest super funds have seen high-profile governance and investment risk professionals quitting for new roles. Craig Roodt, AustralianSuper's governance lead for internal ...

UniSuper adds five to its investment ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
UniSuper senior portfolio manager Mark Himpoo has returned to the fund, rejoining its equities team. Himpoo previously spent nine years at UniSuper to 2021, serving as director of equities and playing a key role in building out the fund's in-house ...

Impact Alpha Partners boosts team ahead of new strategy launch

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Impact Alpha Partners has appointed two industry veterans as it prepares to launch a new investment strategy. Lewis Bearman takes on the role of principal consultant for operations and governance, while Stevan Lambert joins as chief commercial officer ...

Green moves: Lendlease, Qantas, TNFD

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Qantas' ESG lead joins property group while another high-profile sustainability expert swaps property for supermarkets, and the TNFD appoints an EY partner. Kathryn Franklin has left Qantas to join Vicinity Centres as head of climate reporting and ...

KKR splashes $603m on energy transition platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Global private equity firm KKR is injecting $603 million into HMC's Energy Transition Platform, marking its second climate-related investment in Australia. The commitment will last seven years and is expected to generate a 14% p.a. return. It will be ...

Future Group names chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Future Group has reshuffled its investment leadership, appointing a new chief investment officer, shifting its incumbent investment lead into a strategist role and moving its sustainability lead to the board. Coming in as chief investment officer, Joe ...

Investors pressure BP over 'undisciplined' capex decisions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
BP is facing a shareholder resolution from several international pension funds and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) in relation to its investment decisions. The ACCR has co-filed a shareholder resolution alongside Nest, London ...

Government unveils Net Zero Fund design

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The federal government outlined the purpose of its new Net Zero Fund, to be operational by the middle of the year. The $5 billion Net Zero Fund was announced last year as part of the Industry Sector Plan and will sit within the National Reconstruction ...