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Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... wealth fund, Grey had run internal 'fire drills' to heighten the fund's readiness and preparedness for shock events. The value of the fire drill was getting people together quickly if markets moved through certain price levels or in uncertain ...

Readers act on news when it impacts returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... tool for money-making. Watts, Qianqian Li, and Christina Zhu looked at investor behaviour around 54,000 ESG-related news events between 2015 and 2022 for nearly 3,300 publicly traded companies. They found retail trading went up by 6% on the days there ...

What to expect in 2025

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... investors to shore up regulatory certainty, according to Dunstan. There are "intricate connections between geopolitical events and domestic politics, underscoring the importance of adhering to investment fundamentals," she says. "In addition to tense ...

Perpetual reveals decade of philanthropy insights

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... The report said this modest growth may be partly due to increased funder awareness because of catastrophic major weather events and biodiversity collaborations across Australia. The next generation within family foundations have also played a role in ...

Green moves: Westpac, Care Super, BlackRock, Quinbrook, Ortec, CAA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... institutions on climate strategy integration. "There is inevitably growing concern and heightened focus on how [climate-related] events will impact asset classes and investment decision making over the short and long-term," said de Reus. He will support ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... continue to work in the best interests of MinRes and its shareholders through the transition. "I'm deeply sorry for the events that have occurred and the impact they've had on MinRes' reputation," he said. "I apologise to the rest of the ...

Nature and climate now on equal footing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... policymakers, academics, and industry association members. Find more information and ticket purchases here: https://igcc.org.au/events/igcc-summit-2024

Blockchain for carbon credits: Northern Trust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... broader strategy for the firm, which is expanding its asset servicing offering. "It supports key digital asset lifecycle events from asset creation, trading, pricing and custody to reporting. Leveraging blockchain technology, Northern Trust Matrix Zenith ...

Catastrophe bill blows up to $90bn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... values in urban areas, along with insured property being more vulnerable to hail damage. Therefore, multibillion-dollar loss events from this peril are likely to become more common," he added. Swiss Re group chief economist Jérôme Jean Haegeli said ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... actually riskier now," he said. In his experience, and as demonstrated by historic data, markets tend to shrug geopolitical events off, he added. "Markets tend to bounce back pretty quickly... We do not take geopolitical events or the probability of ...