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Family offices share sustainable investment preferences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... embraced by 9% of family offices surveyed, but 17% are looking to do so. Some 16% are already invested in education and skills development opportunities, and 17% want to get involved. The vast majority of survey respondents were single family offices ...

Nature-related education initiatives scaled up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... nature-related issues," the TNFD said. It said the resources have been made available in response to growing demand for practical skills and capability-building support; its guidance documents have been downloaded more than 300,000 times in the last ...

Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Tertiary education providers are cottoning on to the ESG skills deficit, with new university courses looking to capitalise on the trend. Monash Law recently announced it will launch a new course that brings corporate law to a broader cohort. 'LAW5488 ...

Consultancies jump on skills gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... strategic guidance and support to customers reporting on climate-related risks and opportunities. This comes amid a talent and skills shortfall as Australian enterprises scramble to comply with new mandatory reporting laws that came into force for large ...

ART, MLC AM, HESTA name directors

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Queensland and is the executive president of the Australian Services Union. "Both Marnie and Jenny bring strong experience, skills and insight in financial services and superannuation to the ART board," said ART chair Andrew Fraser. "I am pleased that ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... portfolio modelling and research on defensive and credit assets. Supported by strong economic and investment data analysis skills, her topics include model uncertainty in portfolio construction, volatility-reducing strategies in multi-asset portfolios ...

Frontier hires new real assets lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... already has considerable depth and talent," Newfield said. "As a bonus, Lucy is multi-lingual, including Japanese language skills, which will be useful for our Japanese business and our ongoing efforts there where there is a strong interest from local ...

Podcast: The biggest misconception fund managers have about stewardship with Rachel Alembakis

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... pivoted from a career in journalism - including as the prior editor of FS Sustainability - and says that communication skills are one of the most important aspects of stewardship and engagement with companies to ensure they are following U Ethical's ...

Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia's new sustainability audit timelines have sparked concerns around the readiness of businesses scrambling to fill a skills shortfall. Thousands of progressively smaller entities will gradually fall under the mandatory disclosure regime over ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Talent Nation's fifth annual remuneration report shows an upward trend in demand for ESG professionals, fuelled by a skills shortage and legislative changes including mandatory climate-related disclosures. Salaries across the sector rose, but within ...