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WTW names head of real assets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... the faith-based super fund, she headed up the property and private equity portfolios and played a role in portfolio construction, manager selection across both listed and unlisted asset classes and issued research recommendations to support the super ...

Renewable infra project contractor breaches workplace laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Construction contractor Elecnor, which was engaged in the construction of an electric transmission line between the power grids of South Australia, Victoria, and NSW, has been found to have contravened the Fair Work Act, the Federal Court has ruled. ...

Board directors targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... governance failings, including an independent review of Cbus, which found scant evidence of its relationship with the Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) being in the best financial interests of members, while also findings it ...

RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Guido was the portfolio manager for systematic active equities. Scott Hamilton was also promoted to head of portfolio construction and engineering in addition to his role as senior quantitative researcher.

HESTA hunts for portfolio construction and risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA's general manager of portfolio construction and risk has exited the $93 billion super fund, underscoring the high number of senior turnovers in big super. The superannuation fund confirmed that Michael Sommers had exited and that it was looking ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Supported by strong economic and investment data analysis skills, her topics include model uncertainty in portfolio construction, volatility-reducing strategies in multi-asset portfolios, quantifying ESG risks in portfolio construction, and sentiment ...

Renewable energy company secures $160m from Macquarie

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... wind, offshore wind, solar, biomass, storage, and hydrogen. It has some 15.5 GW across projects in development, under construction, and in operation. MAM senior vice president Gurjit Orjela said the bespoke financing will support Greenalia's Spanish ...

Cbus hunts for new ESG head

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... responsible for supporting the creation of long-term returns for members of the $98 billion industry fund for building and construction workers. She was previously at Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) as executive manager to the chief executive ...

VanEck beefs up Sydney office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... surpassed in 2025, with wealth managers increasingly adopting ETFs as the preferred building blocks for portfolio construction. "The Australian ETF market is on track to surpass $300 billion by year-end, with 2025 shaping up to be a defining moment in ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... very high dependence on healthy biodiversity and ecosystem, particularly agriculture, forestry, food manufacturing, construction, water and waste services, mining, real estate, transport, accommodation or hospitality. For this reason, natural capital ...