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Dania Zinurova exits Wilson AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Wilson Asset Management's alternative assets specialist has popped up at Dexus as its head of infrastructure funds. Dania Zinurova - the portfolio manager for WAM Alternative Assets and now fund manager of Dexus Diversified Infrastructure Trust ...

More employers act on gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Employers made better strides in tackling their gender pay gaps in the 2024 financial year, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) says, as one in five (21%) report an average gender pay gap in the target range of -5% and +5%. The second ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Acenda, the merged entity. His appointment follows last month's announcement that Nippon Life Insurance - MLC's parent company - will acquire 100% of Resolution Life Australia. The $12 billion deal - the largest ever foreign acquisition by a ...

Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The activist shareholder group Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX) has set its scope on large, listed firms that fail to provide paid parental leave. They are targeting childcare provider G8 Education, which employs over 10,000 staff. G8 is an outlier ...

Analyst Moves: Franklin Templeton, JANA, Bain, MLC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Finally, Amy Larkin has started a new position as portfolio manager at MLC Asset Management. Larkin has worked for MLC's parent Insignia Financial as a senior asset manager with the property investment team. She has worked in the property sector ...

Activist platform launches full share trading

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Shareholder advocacy firm Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX) has launched a new platform for ethical share trading. Until now, the company acted as a shareholder activism platform. Now investors can buy shares in ASX300 companies and a range of ETFs ...

Green Moves: NorthStar Impact, Aboriginal Investment NT, Care Super

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
A former Australian Ethical exec has circled back to the responsible investing space, meanwhile an energy giant's top science expert quits in protest over alleged unsubstantiated net zero claims. Former Australian Ethical CIO David Macri has left Mason ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Insignia Financial is set to pilot a four-day work week, a win for employees in recent Enterprise Agreement (EA) negotiations. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) and Insignia Financial have capped months of bargaining, with 68% of employees voting in favour ...

Green jobs: Societe Generale, Iress, U Ethical, CDP, TISFD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A host of new leadership appointments emphasises growing momentum on sustainability as new climate laws come into force. Tessa Dann has taken the helm as head of sustainable finance for Asia Pacific at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking ...

Parental leave super narrows gender savings gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... savings. "The Albanese Government's reform will go a long way in closing the inequitable gender superannuation gap. No parent should be penalised for taking time out of the workforce to take care of their newborn child. Paying super on Commonwealth ...