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GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... asset classes. He also led the development of medium- and long-term investment strategies and capabilities to optimise the risk-reward of the total portfolio across changing investment environments. Jaensubhakij arrived at Singapore's sovereign wealth ...

Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Legalsuper is looking for a new investment chief, following the resignation of Paul Murray who departed the industry fund just nine months into the job. Chief executive Luke Symons confirmed that Murray resigned from the fund on 20 December 2024 for ...

High ESG score? More likely to greenwash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... by relying on past actions. The study also found that investors are willing to sacrifice returns to prevent greenwashing risk, especially in the long term. The ESG investment market is expected to cover 25% of the entire global investment by 2040 - a ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
An alliance of financiers with over US$57.5 trillion in assets has bowed to US political pressure and hit pause after the exit of the world's largest asset manager, BlackRock. Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM), which has over 300 members, announced ...

New tool tackles climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Maple-Brown Abbott, and Perennial Partners have commended the data provider for its impact assessment tools. The new Climate Risk Calculator provides forward-looking climate data to help asset managers gauge risk and analyse scenarios to make informed ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... finding of ISS STOXX's Natural Capital Research Institute's first report on how investors can mitigate deforestation risk in their portfolios while capitalising on nature-based opportunities. Mirtha Kastrapeli, global head of natural capital ...

GFANZ pivots amid climate alliance shake-up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... of participating at a firm level. "Tracking and reporting against commitments can require considerable resources with the risk that non-compliance, even minor instances, will be held against the firm and create reputational damage," Ramrakha said. "Importantly ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... clients' needs... The newly integrated business will support clients end to end throughout their sustainability journey; from risk management and reporting to industrial decarbonisation and identifying the opportunities to finance a more sustainable ...

Powering AI: An opportunity for investors?

HAMISH CHAMBERLAYNE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Power availability is the biggest challenge for artificial intelligence (AI) growth. The power demands of AI, combined with the impacts of reindustrialisation, electric vehicles (EVs), and the transition to renewable energy, sees the technology represent ...

Most popular podcast episodes of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) The executive director of TNFD highlights how nature-related data is now a risk management issue with the potential to disrupt business plans, cash flows, and investor returns. Listen here. 3. Banking on ...