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Veteran ESG lead rejoins abrdn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
After a ten-month stint at a rival asset manager, Sheela Veerappan has rejoined abrdn as senior sustainable investment director and head of its Asia Pacific sustainable institute. Veerappan was with abrdn for just over a year before departing for a ...

From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Is green tech Sumday the country's next unicorn? The Tasmania-based start-up has inked deals with more than 45 accounting groups less than two years after its launch. Jessica Richmond, chief executive of Sumday, was a lawyer by trade before she ...

Green finance lags as planet on high alert

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) reveals sluggish progress on sustainable finance, even as scientists warn the Earth has passed seven of nine thresholds critical to sustaining life. ASFI's fourth annual Progress Tracker shows negligible ...

Robeco specialist poached by Northern Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A senior member of Robeco's local quant team has quit the Dutch asset manager to join a former colleague at Northern Trust Asset Management. Jan Rohof - the firm's technical quant investment specialist based in Sydney - is joining former Robecco ...

First Environmental Futures trade on ASX

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Today, the ASX launched trading for three Environmental Futures contracts, pinned as a major step in the development of local carbon markets. Australia and New Zealand's first carbon futures contracts will improve access to carbon markets to allow market ...

NGS names deputy CIO, expands ESG teams

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
NGS Super, the industry super fund with $15 billion in funds under management, has reshuffled its investment leadership and ESG team. Michael Mi has been promoted from head of portfolio construction and quantitative research to the newly created role ...

Prime role for AI in impact decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... firm recruited Michael Kollo, a high-profile AI specialist to its board as a strategic advisor for the launch. He joins quant investor, executive director Adam Randall, and non-executive director, sustainability and impact, Désirée Lucchese. "There ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Increasing geopolitical uncertainty means that investors must navigate new risks affecting supply chains, food security and human rights. Responsible investors must weigh ethical responsibility with protecting against financial risk. While most geopolitical ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
If it wins the next election, the Albanese government has announced the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from next year. In a major win for the super industry and Australian women, 12% ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
A now-defunct app-led climate impact fund is the latest entity to cop a fine for greenwashing from the regulator. Melbourne Securities Corporation (MSC) has paid $13,320 to comply with an ASIC infringement notice relating to allegations of misleading ...