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Vantage Point AM hires from Merricks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... specialist and head of new strategies. Thomas was previously a director of prime services for APAC at Barclays and worked at UBS MF Global and Merrill Lynch.

Green moves at Future Group, AusSuper, Birdwood, Minderoo, Mutual Trust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... market. As a former Credit Suisse & BNP Paribas market executive he is passionate about green investing. Armin Peter, former UBS sustainable finance head and ex chair of the ICMA FinTech Advisory Committee, will advise on digital assets. BNP ex head ...

ESG moves: S&P, UBS AM, Iress, Climate Energy Finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... important; it is critical." Meanwhile in other global 'heads of' news, Hans-Christoph Hirt, head of impact engagement at UBS Asset Management, announced he will exit in October. His future direction is not publicly known. This follows the head ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A human rights complaint against UBS follows legal precedent that financiers are responsible for acting on human rights in passive index funds. The Swiss human rights watchdog accepted a complaint against UBS for holdings in private prison contractors ...

Catastrophe bill blows up to $90bn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... accounted for $10.5bn, according to Swiss Re. The reinsurer said insured losses for Oceania/Australia for the half of were $452m. UBS insurance and diversified financial analyst Scott Russell said the rising cost of cleaning up after major weather events ...

Shareholders to say 'no' to gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Entertainment's group EBITDA fell 15% to $316 million compared with the same period a year ago due to weaker market conditions. UBS had a 'buy' rating on Nine in its August 2 sector report and a 'sell' rating on Seven following its ...

Northern Trust firms up stewardship, proxy voting offering

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The US$1.5 trillion global asset manager has poached a stewardship head from rival UBS Asset Management, who will chair the proxy voting committee amid a rollout of a new proxy voting solution. Paul Clark is an investment management expert with over ...

UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global financial services firm UBS has named Jiayun Fang as Southeast Asia social impact and philanthropy lead, group sustainability and impact. Fang has a background in sustainability, social impact, corporate philanthropy, diversity and inclusion ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... 2034 and settlement will occur on June 14. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank, National Australia Bank Limited, UBS AG, Australia Branch, and Westpac Banking Corporation are Joint Lead Managers (JLMs) for the issue. Australia's green bond ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... how family offices in the Asia Pacific invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific cited geopolitical conflicts as their ...