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Regulation drives ESG advice boom

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Consulting firms and artificial intelligence (AI) tools are experiencing growing demand from entities struggling to navigate new ESG rules, according to global technology research and advisory firm Information Services Group (ISG). A doubling down of ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
MLC Life Insurance has hired an integration specialist to execute its merger with Resolution Life Australasia to create the country's third-largest life insurer. As the general manager of integration, Peter Moutsatsos will lead a dedicated team ...

Coalition plans to scrap climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Zenith's Dugald Higgins is adamant that ESG is here to stay - despite the Coalition's plans to scrap climate reporting requirements if elected. The negative political sentiment around ESG and climate reporting are not going to do away with ESG considerations ...

Energy market not fit for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The National Electricity Market (NEM) is not fit to attract the $122 billion required for the net zero transition, according to the Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG). Market settings are outdated and built for the coal and gas era, says CEIG chief ...

No charge for carbon target failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
While target-setting sparks a positive market response and high ESG scores, a new study out of Berkeley and Harvard finds when companies fail or targets mysteriously vanish, there is limited reaction and no accountability. ESG ratings often ignore missed ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The sector is not ready for mandatory reporting, according to a much-awaited remuneration survey highlighting the highest-paid green roles. Specialist recruiter Talent Nation's fifth annual remuneration report shows an upward trend in demand for ...

Quant fund hires from JP Morgan

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Alternative fund manager East Coast Capital Management has snared a JP Morgan investment lead as its chief executive. Haslinger is tasked with growing the Sydney-based systematic fund manager's assets under management, focusing on wholesale and ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Super has appointed Breckon Jones to the newly created role of head of growth, talent, and reward. Jones joins the $190 billion superannuation fund from iCare NSW, which manages the insurance and care services to the people, businesses and communities ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Kar Mei Tang, who was Australia's first chief circular economist, has been promoted to regional head of the UN-supported investor network on ESG. Previously head of Oceania, Sydney-based Tang is now the regional head of Oceania and Asia, excluding China ...

Trump Paris exit "bad news" for rest of world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
US President Donald Trump's administration could put climate action on the backburner globally - but DEI in Australia is unlikely to falter. Trump signed more than 200 executive orders on his first day back in office and revoked 78 executive actions ...