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NorthStar Impact analyst joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... climate risk. Joining from NorthStar Impact, Sophia Carson Edwards has seven years' experience in the investment management industry. Before NorthStar, she was a sustainability analyst at UK-based Polar Capital, a multi-boutique active investment ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... disaster as early as next year, risk researchers warn. Bert Kramer is head of climate research and ESG solutions at risk management firm Ortec Finance. He cautions that the upcoming revision of nationally determined contributions (NDC), as well as regulatory ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... investment philosophies, and ability to work at scale to minimise operating costs while maximising integrated asset management," he said. "We believe in Campbell Global we have found a partner that can grow alongside Nest, meeting our high bar for responsible ...

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 ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... sales and later as an institutional relationship and sales director. She has previously worked at Fidelity Investment Management as a director of institutional business, U Ethical as a relationship manager and Schroders as a sales professional. Asai ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... consultant. "These allocations were then implemented through specific asset classes. The implementation and ongoing management of the asset allocations was delegated by Mercer to the chief investment officer of MIAL, who was responsible for overseeing ...

Pension fund dumps ESG benchmark for passive investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... companies and the markets as a whole is critical for the expansion of long-term investment returns of the assets under management," it said on its website. "GPIF believes that it is not desirable that the investment performance significantly fluctuates ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... those issued in the market," said Xuan Sheng Ou Yong, sustainable fixed income lead, Asia Pacific, at BNP Paribas Asset Management. He said that the small size makes sense because it could be potentially challenging for a sovereign to find enough gender-related ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Co-founder and managing partner David Scaysbrook said the close demonstrates investor confidence in Quinbrook's active management strategy focused on project development, asset creation, and business platform growth. "We seek higher 'value add' ...

NZ investors to buoy positive impact funds, fears greenwashing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... their values. In order of importance, investors want funds that promote healthy rivers and oceans, sustainable water management, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and biodiversity. "There are a growing number of mainstream New Zealand funds with ...