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Impact investor boosts affordable housing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
In five years since inception, one asset manager which blends the expertise of nonprofit and finance specialists has invested over $400 million of impact via managed funds. Conscious Investment Management (CIM) is focused on delivering social and environmental ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... contemporary workplace, such as an increased commitment to flexibility provisions relating to hybrid working. Our current in-office attendance requirement is 40% and we have committed to retain this and provide six months' notice of any changes. ...

Titans promise 24/7 clean energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Google, Microsoft, and AstraZeneca are among a list of major multinationals that have promised they will use carbon-free power every hour of every day and feed that power back to the grid. The Climate Group 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact was launched ...

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Nanuk Asset Management has launched a currency hedged version of an active exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. The New World Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF was admitted on the ASX under ticker code NNWH on September 30. The fund invests in companies ...

Misleading ads rampant for sustainability jobs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Beware of sustainability jobs promoted as managerial roles when they are broadly accounting roles by another name, warns a recruiter. The announcement this week from the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) that it would make certain accounting ...

Rural slavery risk raises ESG alarm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... offenders, and are draining inadequately resourced community service providers. That's according to a report from the NSW Office of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (OASC) tabled in the NSW Parliament this week found. "Modern slavery risks identified ...

Ultra rich bet on green energy for data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is expanding its local footprint in response to private wealth's hunger for clean energy and the global digital revolution. The asset management giant's Green Investments arm is now selling private market access ...

Parental leave super narrows gender savings gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The legislation that will see superannuation contributions paid alongside government-funded parental leave entitlements passed parliament this week. Parents receiving payments from the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme will begin receiving Superannuation ...

DEI code to boost retention: CFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
In the war for talent, a 77-year-old institute for investment analysts turns to a much-needed solution: a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) code of conduct. This week the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute and its local member chapter ...

Green Moves: Aus Ethical, S&P, Zevero, Pangolin

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical's ex investment director has a new role, as sustainability intelligence and carbon accounting firms firm up their APAC leadership. Angus Dennis, former investment director at Australian Ethical Investment, has been hired as a subject ...