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Green moves: RIAA, Westpac

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has appointed a co-chair to its human rights working group. Ashley Kopczynski, director of sustainable investment and stewardship at IFM Investors, will serve alongside Antonia Parkes, senior ...

Government to boost defence through venture capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian government is seeking proposals from Australia's private capital market for potential co-investments in local industry. The government has dramatically increased funding for Australia's defence force and has been making record investments ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
A third Future Fund investment professional is bound for Abu Dhabi, following in the footsteps of the sovereign wealth fund's former chief investment officer and a deputy CIO. Pradheesh Salvarajah has taken on a role as investment manager at Abu ...

Undervaluing of nature putting global economy at risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has released a report highlighting how businesses both depend on, and harm, nature. The Business and Biodiversity Report found global economic growth has come ...

UniSuper adds five to its investment ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... allocation team as a senior analyst, total portfolio analysis. She previously worked as an associate at Macquarie and as a quant at Westpac and Dalton Street Capital. Jack Hao started last week with the portfolio implementation team as a senior investment ...

Frontier hires senior consultant from JANA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Frontier Advisors has hired a senior consultant from a rival asset consulting firm. Martin Langham joins Frontier from JANA Investment Advisors, where he managed client relationships in Australia and New Zealand and led research on equities and alternative ...

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 ...

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 ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Future Group has reshuffled its investment leadership, appointing a new chief investment officer and shifting its incumbent investment lead into a strategist role. Joe Fernandes joins the group after five years at Australian Unity, where he most recently ...

Super moves: Brighter Super, UniSuper, Rest, Acenda

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Rest Super has hired a senior analyst in research and portfolio construction from Frontier Advisers. Viola Miao joins the fund after more than three years at the asset consultant, where she worked in the capital markets and asset allocation team. Her ...