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CBRE taps industry veteran for research head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
CBRE has appointed a new global head of research to lead the team tasked with advising investors on the forces shaping the commercial real estate market. Henry Chin succeeds Richard Barkham, who will retire at the end of June. A more than 10-year veteran ...

FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The peak body for financial advisers has hired a policy and advocacy manager. Financial Advice Association Australia has appointed David Barrett to the newly created role, effective 24 March 2025. Based in Sydney, Barrett reports to the general manager ...

Active Super PM opens asset consultant

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Active Super senior portfolio manager Ken Pholsena has launched an asset consultancy to help wholesale clients fine-tune their investment strategies across multiple asset classes. Pholsena spent 16 years at Active Super and its predecessor the Local ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Aligned with the Future Made in Australia agenda, the government is continuing to invest billions into green technologies and the energy transition. The federal government has also allocated funding for innovative technology and clean energy manufacturing ...

FarmCap enhances lending solutions for farmers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Non-bank lender FarmCap has launched a private credit agricultural mortgage fund to help Australian farmers access financing. The FarmCap Private Credit Agricultural Mortgage Fund is a diversified portfolio of mortgage-backed loans and is being launched ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Boards that continue to overlook their cyber security priorities at a time when regulators are turning up the heat on cyber resilience can end up "endangering" their organisations and put shareholder value at risk, according to Athena Board. The onus ...

Mandatory sustainability reporting in Australia

ALETTA BOSHOFF  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The Australian government has finally fulfilled its promise to mandate sustainability reporting in Australia. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Bill) passed through both Houses of Parliament ...

Disclosure of climate risks doubles in four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The number of companies reporting on the impact of climate risks in their financial statements has more than doubled in the last four years. That's according to a review of the financial statements of the largest companies from the ASX 200, 50 listed ...

New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...

UBS delays climate target to 2035

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
UBS has delayed its climate targets deadline to 2035 for its operations and flagged it is scrapping its mission to align 20% of total assets within its asset management unit to net zero. In its Sustainability Report 2024 released this week, the global ...