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IFM adds ex-CIO to equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
A Vanguard Investments veteran and one-time LUCRF Super investment chief has popped up at IFM Investors. Roger McIntosh joins the industry fund-backed asset manager as investment director within the quantitative equities team. There he will be responsible ...

Ventura names new investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... well-positioned to drive innovative investment product design and deliver exceptional value to our advisers and clients." Ventura will act as the primary asset consultant to Centrepoint

SG Hiscock adds to Melbourne team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
SG Hiscock & Co has recruited Jason Smit as a business development manager from Alexander Funds Management. Reporting to the head of distribution, Anthony Cochran, Smit will be working with current and prospective clients, strengthening and expanding ...

Top consulting firms pilot SAP carbon tool

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Accenture, Deloitte and PwC sign on to a new carbon accounting system developed by tech giant SAP. EY and TCS also joined the three heavyweights in backing the new platform called the SAP Green Ledger. The new platform aims to be the most comprehensive ...

Most-read articles of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
As we bid farewell to another year in responsible investing, here's a countdown of the most-read articles on FS Sustainability. Which ones did you miss? CareSuper ousts ESG policies in merger In September, CareSuper announced it would abandon Spirit ...

Podcast: Illuminating the dark underbelly of gold mining with Terry Heymann

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... human rights and ESG in the value chain, and the important work being done to pinpoint the problem and clean up gold's act. Terry Heymann, CFO and ESG Lead at the World Gold Council (WGC), joins host Rose Mary Petrass, senior journalist at FS Sustainability. ...

Aus govt calls VCs and private equity to back circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Doubling Australia's circularity rate could deliver a $26 billion net economic boost to GDP by 2035, according to Canberra's inaugural plan for a circular economy. The Circular Economy Framework, released last week by the federal department of climate ...

Big money urged to leverage influence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Long-term asset owners are not putting their influence to use, according to a new study on the climate policy influence of the world's largest institutional investors. 73% of the asset owners, representing more than $12 trillion in assets, have ...

Readers act on news when it impacts returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
A Yale study has found investors don't seek out ESG-related news for feel-good reasons, but rather, only if it helps them make returns. Co-authored by accounting professor Edward Watts, the paper found individual retail investors see ESG as an important ...

Climate changes how investors get paid

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Climate change is causing a shift in the way investments are returned, from paying dividends to repurchasing shares - particularly in Australia. New research from the University of Queensland (UQ) finds the US, China, and the Philippines are also most ...