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TAL nabs AIA strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... efficiency and risk-adjusted returns which, in turn, led to more competitive annuity product pricing and greater portfolio resilience. He earlier worked at Colonial as an actuary within the investment and capital management team.

Green moves: Re-Vi, Aware Super, Insignia Financial

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... management for instance. No longer seen as a way to reduce their footprint; it's about building organisational resilience. Baker brings a wealth of expertise in data and innovation to Aware Super, her career included significant roles at Altis Consulting ...

BlackRock moves on natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... While the firm is shifting away from ESG and overt climate rhetoric, it is looking to focus more on long-term financial resilience - including investment in natural capital assets. With 55% of global GDP (US$58 trillion) dependant on nature, BlackRock ...

Nature-related education initiatives scaled up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... in the last 12 months. "Across sectors and geographies, business and finance leaders increasingly realise that the resilience of their business and investment returns depends, in part, on the resilience of nature," TNFD executive director Tony Goldner ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... uncertainty, Jackson highlighted the importance of diversity and inclusion policies in sustaining long-term economic resilience. "Inclusion matters," she said. "We need to be careful that we don't see a retrograde step backwards that limits people's ...

Asset managers react to news 2C is 'dead'

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Stephane Andre said the firm is "fully committed to supporting the transition to a net zero economy, improving the resilience of our portfolio's whilst balancing the changing climate and energy landscapes, and meeting our ultimate objective to maximise ...

Green moves: HSBC, ACSI, Minderoo, The Superpower Institute, QLD Office of Social Impact, Terrain NRM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... risk and opportunity. Prior to this, she worked at BHP for nearly 12 years in environmental sustainability and climate resilience. Minderoo said in a statement: "We believe in a future where healthy ecosystems are safeguarded for future generations. ...

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... align very well with fundamental and bipartisan thematics around energy security, domestic manufacturing, national resilience and independence," it said. "Increasingly the economic fundamentals driven in large part by dropping power and battery costs ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... recently at the Bank of Queensland. He led the lenders remedial action plan, a 4-year program to improve financial resilience, operational resilience and risk culture. But he was recruited directly by the finance chief to lead the Integration program ...

ETF fund flows hit US$16bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... investments director Greg Liddell said the data was expected, with ethical and responsible investing showing strong resilience during 2024. However, anti-ESG headwinds, evolving investor sentiment and political cycles did hit the sector hard. Over the ...