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Countdown to RIAA conference is on

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The largest gathering of sustainable investment professionals in the Southern Hemisphere is scheduled for next month - and the event organiser, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), has pulled industry heavyweights to the stage. ...

Green moves: AIA, AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025  |  NEWS
AIA Australia's head of shared value partnerships has stepped down from the role where she spearheaded initiatives that drive growth while addressing societal needs. Simonie Fox is known for her strong leadership and innovative ideas that promote health ...

QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The Queensland government's central financing authority welcomed a former TCorp treasury lead as its new boss. Queensland Treasury Corporation has appointed Simon Ling, an executive with nearly three decades of experience in investment banking ...

Future Fund veteran takes on new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Future Fund emerging markets lead has taken up a new role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. Industry heavyweight Craig Thorburn - who has been with the fund for almost two decades - has been appointed director of thought leadership. While leading ...

Northern Trust appoints sales lead for asset servicing

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Chicago-based custody bank and asset manager Northern Trust has appointed a global head of sales for asset servicing. Douglas Gee will replace Jon Dunham, who plans to retire. Based in London, Gee currently leads sales teams across Asia-Pacific, Europe ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit orchards to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management has added a 200-hectare aggregation of three orchards, mainly kiwifruit, with some nashi and corella pears as well as jujubes, to its farmland fund. The manager paid $33 million for the orchards in the Goulburn Valley region ...

Green moves: Alphinity, Australian Ethical, Climate Change Authority

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority has welcomed Gretta Stephens as a new member, just one month after her resignation as head of climate change and sustainability at BlueScope. The independent statutory body, set up to advise Canberra, highlighted Stephens' ...

Developing climate risks facing institutional investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Ortec Finance has warned of the climate scenarios that threaten institutional investors in a new report. Ortec said the net zero by 2050 goal is no longer realistic and the physical risk because of rising temperatures and emissions is the most serious ...

Investors continue to dump Climate Active certifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
IFM Investors and Insignia Financial have confirmed their exit from the government's Climate Active scheme. Launched in 2019, Climate Active certifies organisations, products, events and brands as being carbon neutral. IFM Investors was certified ...

PE left 3bn tonnes of emissions: Emmi

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Emmi estimates that the private equity sector has left three billion tonnes of carbon footprint, but more precise figures are difficult to obtain in the opaque asset class. The recently published Company Emissions Estimates for Private Markets report ...