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Team Super names retirement chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
A former Aware Super head of advice has been appointed chief retirement officer at Team Super ahead of its merger with TWUSUPER to create a $21 billion fund. Reporting to chief executive Vasyl Nair, Sarah Forman has taken up the new role at Team Super ...

Hostplus names deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Hostplus has promoted Susan Orr to deputy investment chief following the recent departure of Con Michalakis who has taken on the top investment job at Funds SA. The $115 billion industry fund for hospitality workers confirmed that Orr will now serve ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Although cautious about the broader global economy, Australian companies are confident about growth in 2025 and are pouring funds into decarbonisation - marking 2025 as an attractive entry point for green investors. The finding comes from a Capgemini ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... since Trump and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, launched their own meme coins ahead of the inauguration. Binance Australia director of community engagement James Quinn-Kumar said Trump's presidency will be a "gamechanger" for the crypto sector. ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... financial objectives can be combined in a custom index with low tracking error, low turnover and low cost," Robeco head of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Stephen Dennis said. They will feature ESG tilts informed by the UN Sustainable Development ...

Top Pendal executive joins Evidentia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Former Pendal head of multi-asset Michael Blayney has joined the Evidentia Group as a member of its investment committee. "With over 28 years of experience in investment management, consulting and superannuation with some of the world's leading ...

Podcast: Anti-ESG at home and abroad - Trump, Dutton, and Meta with Morningstar's Michelle Cameron

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... this week heralds the next stage of anti-ESG, anti-climate, and anti-DEI sentiments overseas. Media reports here in Australia predict that we could soon see the same on home soil depending on the outcome of the federal election to be held to be held ...

Green moves: Amundi, PRI, U Ethical, Barclays, HSBC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Amundi has announced Frank Tsui as head of responsible investment for Asia ex-Japan. In his prior role he was head of ESG investment and co‐head of client portfolio management at Value Partners. He will be based in Hong Kong and manage the development ...

Green aluminium gets $2bn boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... energy by 2036. Aluminium smelting is highly energy intensive and accounts for around 10% of all NSW energy usage. "Australia is already the sixth largest producer of aluminium in the world, and we want to see that continue to grow," Prime Minister Anthony ...

China plays long game on battery disruption

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... backdrop of an expanding global EV market. According to the Electric Vehicle Council, demand for electric vehicles in Australia has never been higher with a record 114,000 new EVs sold in 2024. "We're expecting the adoption of electric vehicles to ...