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TAL nabs AIA strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... strategy, he also helped enhance shareholder value and the capital efficiency of AIA's annuities book through a multi-asset class, multi-manager portfolio construction approach. Archer also played a big part in supporting new business inflows for ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Canada's largest pension scheme has hired a former CalPERS investment chief who famously led a big push into private equity and private debt. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has confirmed the appointment of Ben Meng as head of investment ...

WTW welcomes investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
WTW has promoted its deputy chief investment officer to the top investment job, succeeding Craig Baker who is now tasked with pursuing fresh opportunities. Baker, a 30-year veteran of the company, has been appointed chief investment strategist. Baker ...

Westpac launches social term deposit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The major bank has launched Australia's first Social Tailored Deposit, designed for those seeking investments focused on delivering improved social outcomes. Westpac has launched Australia's first Social Tailored Deposit, a medium to long term investment ...

Green moves: RIAA, Ownership Matters, Pollination Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... structuring sustainable finance deals and advising funds on applying RI to their investment strategies. Before joining the asset manager, she worked for a time at Sustainalytics as a director and at Standard Bank in carbon sales and trading. Turner is ...

CEFC gives $160m to sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... estate credit Richard Spencer said: "Building next generation and energy efficient assets is at the forefront of driving asset quality, operating performance and investment outcomes in the real estate market." "The RECP programme leverages our rigorous ...

Net zero, energy transition key election items: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Ahead of the federal election, the Grattan Institute has highlighted the move to net zero and energy transition as areas that should be prioritised by whoever wins. In terms of major reforms Grattan is calling for to achieve a net-zero economy, the ...

Decoding Trump 2.0 and the impact on ESG investing

MANS CARLSSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel to help redress energy inflation and provide stimulative support to the US economy. Separately, the Net Zero Asset Management Initiative has stated that it is suspending its activities after a number of institutional investors withdrew and ...

Glass Lewis acquires investment stewardship platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... governance research, proxy voting and issuer engagement data into a single platform, and by doing so, help institutional asset managers and pension funds be more effective stewards of capital," Mann said. Meanwhile, Esgaia founder and chief executive ...

ESG funds third-best performing asset class

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
ESG-focused managed funds were the third-best performing asset class in the year to January 2025, achieving a 17.7% return on a median basis, new Rainmaker Information data shows. International equities in large caps and international equities in emerging ...