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ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
APAC financials, energy, and materials firms are most likely to link ESG metrics to executive incentive plans. Across the top 400 APAC firms, 193 disclosed their executive incentive metrics. Three-quarters (74%) used ESG metrics. Australian companies ...

Vantage Point AM hires from Merricks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Adrian Redlich as an investment 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.

HMC Capital unit beefs up Melbourne office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... fund manager for Charter Hall's ASX-listed property fund and portfolio asset management for Blackstone's diversified APAC real estate portfolio. The investment risk professional also held specialist real estate transaction and risk roles with ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... part-time work on stewardship, beneficiary voice, workforce issues and corporate governance. Research head Katherine Ng, APAC director Matt McAdam, product development director Ayodele Olaniran, corporate comms head Mark Kolmar, signatory experience ...

Green investors face short-term bumps

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Trump, which will impact the global market. However, the overall trajectory of decarbonisation remains intact, with both APAC and Europe strengthening ESG regulations and remaining committed to the development of green industries. Robeco's head of ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... private wealth channel, DWS said. And in 2023, the sustainable infrastructure offering was made available across EMEA and APAC; DWS chief executive of Australia and head of client coverage, Australia and New Zealand Lidia Tomova said the unveiling of ...

Climate adaptation presents $100bn opp: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... recently, the spotlight was on resilience and adaptation. According to Nicolette Botha, Head of Climate Resilience Services APAC at Zurich Resilience Solutions, this could be a $100 billion opportunity - but this figure could be much higher. Investments ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... studies of company engagement in the fight against slavery. Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia Pacific (IAST APAC) published its annual report this week highlighting investor engagements with companies against modern slavery in company operations ...

Ausbil steps up slavery crackdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Carlsson serving as chair of RIAA's Human Rights Working Group. The fund manager is also on the steering committee of IAST-APAC and has also been on the Experts Advisory Panel on Modern Slavery, assisting the Federal Government in the implementation ...

Funds SA and Apostle jump on activist group rebound

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... funds. Despite this ramping up of focus, global steering committee members say more work needs to be done - particularly in APAC. "We need significant capital expenditure on climate solutions in the region," said Rebecca Mikula-Wright, CEO of IGCC and ...