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Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... unemployment rate inching higher, sustainability surges as firms eye top talent in Q3 2024. Ann Austin has been promoted to global head of sustainability, investment management at Lendlease. A company loyalist, she has served the property giant for 32 ...

Aussie funds loyal in climate group exodus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Investment Management subsidiaries Parametric and Calvert Research and Management, as well as AllianceBernstein, Allspring Global Investments, J.P. Morgan, Invesco, State Street, and PIMCO. Blackrock also scaled back involvement. At the time, 44 global ...

Green job moves: ACSI, Edge, Investa

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... switch roles. After nine years, Michael Hamblett has been snatched from Columbia Threadneedle Investments EMEA APAC, a global financial services firm with over $642 billion in funds under management. The poacher is the Sydney office of the Australian ...

State Street receives Shariah-compliant certificate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
State Street Corporation now offers Shariah-compliant global custody and fund administration services. The announcement follows the company attaining a Shariah-compliant certificate from Amanie Advisors, a Shariah advisory firm. The Islamic finance ...

Red alert for PFAS value chain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A US$684 billion investor group urges caution as global bans on PFAS 'forever chemicals' escalate - yet opportunities await those ahead of the curve. A MUFJ-owned think tank from subsidiaries First Sentier and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation ...

S&P Global gains top sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The high-profile Désirée Lucchese has quit MLC Life Insurance after just four months to join S&P Global as a sustainability solutions specialist. Lucchese said she is keen to return to the "complex, nuanced and ever-evolving space of investment data ...

Wollemi Capital appoints former state Treasurer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... co-founder Tim Bishop, formerly at Macquarie Capital, welcomed Kean to the team. "Matt has been in the room with national and global political, environmental, and business leaders. He knows how to get things done whilst standing by his values and the ...

Catastrophe bill blows up to $90bn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Swiss Re says global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit $90.5 billion (US$60bn) in the first half of 2024, with severe thunderstorms accounting for two-thirds of that figure. Interestingly, the half was the second costliest on record for insured ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Australian investors may face a global financial 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 ...

Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... "pretty bullish" ammonia price forecast, with Buckley citing ~US$750/t (real) by 2040, given the EU CBAM. Data from S&P Global estimates the EU CBAM, and the US IRA will drive the global market for low-carbon ammonia up to 420 million tons - two-thirds ...