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Morrison names new partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Morrison, a global infrastructure investment firm with over US$25 billion in assets under management, has bolstered its leadership team as it beefs up its efforts in Europe and the US. The head of asset management, Rachel Drew, has joined the partnership ...

Asset managers back new Avoided Emissions Platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... soon establish itself as a global market platform, thus enhancing ambition and transparency in measuring avoided emissions." Air Liquide, Dassault Systèmes, EDF, Eramet and Fives are some of the global corporations partnered in the initiative. The data ...

Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Qantas Super deputy investment officer has moved to Cambooya, the family office for the Fairfax family. Chris Grogan joins Cambooya in the same role. The investment professional was also Qantas Super's head of defensive assets. In that role, he ...

CA ANZ issues warning over new financial standards body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has warned the government that not including practicing accountants on its new financial standards body is "akin to having a medical standards board without a practicing doctor". The Australian ...

Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Retirement Trust last May. AvSuper provided superannuation services to the Civil Aviation Authority, which later split into Air Services Australia and Civil Aviation Safety Australia. Previously, Sykes spent more than 16 years as deputy chief executive ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Group with their respective toolkits are some strong examples of this." The report recommends that interventions to address air and water pollution are accompanied by social security programmes, noting an estimated annual spending gap of US$138 billion ...

Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Carbon emissions from listed equities may have reached a turning point, according to new findings made using advanced artificial intelligence to fill disclosure gaps. Financed emissions data and climate risk analyst Emmi looked at 45,000 public companies ...

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... estimated 30-40% of Australia's economy facing moderate to high exposure to nature risks, including impacts on water, air, and soil resources. The Australian Conservation Foundation reported in June that Australia could face losses of $20 billion ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Climate litigation is on the rise, with incoming legislation and a Trump-led US government amping up the risks in the next four years - and new types of lawsuits are emerging. Speaking at the IGCC summit this week in Melbourne, academic expert Jaqueline ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... East nearing boiling point and the US unabashedly postulating China as an economic and military threat. US secretary of the air force Frank Kendall said last month: "I've been closely watching the evolution of [China's] military for 15 years. ...