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Boutique appoints distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... list of LPs in the Asia Pacific. Dixon recently served as head of distribution at private lender Koa Capital and Innova Asset Management, the managed portfolios provider, before that in the same role. He earlier worked at BT Financial Group, most recently ...

Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... investment professional was also Qantas Super's head of defensive assets. In that role, he looked after the defensive asset portfolio and the defined benefit investment strategy and oversaw investment implementation and currency. Grogan has been ...

HESTA hunts for portfolio construction and risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... to announcing this in due course," HESTA said Joining in January 2021, Sommers was responsible for managing the strategic asset allocation and risk budgeting process reporting to Stephanie Weston, head of portfolio design. He was also a member of the ...

Australian Ethical sees path through anti-ESG push

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical's deputy chief investment officer and head of multi-asset John Woods believes that recent anti-ESG moves create a unique opportunity for ethical investors. Despite short-term disruptions caused by policy shifts from the new US administration ...

BlackRock moves on natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The world's largest asset manager has quietly acknowledged that natural capital is now an investable asset, not an externality. Traditionally, environmental factors like water, land, and biodiversity were seen as externalities - important, yet separate ...

Green moves: PRI, BlackRock, Rewiring Australia, Future Generation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Kooy-Henckel has been made EMEA head of sustainable transition solutions. A managing director with more than 25 years experience in asset management, Kooy-Henckel is an internationally recognised leader in sustainable and impact investing. She will remain ...

Vanguard ESG funds rake in highest inflows: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Fund, which has a total of $1.4 billion in FUM, came fourth place with $177 million. Of the 1081 products across all the asset classes in Rainmaker's sample, 483 (45%) had positive net flows and 597 (55%) had negative net flows over 12 months. The average ...

Nature-related education initiatives scaled up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... announced a joint initiative to deliver TNFD training to executives from global corporates, banks and insurers as well as asset managers and asset owners as they develop their nature-related skills. The Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (SSEI) will ...

Investors want more transparency in responsible investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
An increasing number of stakeholders, including regulators, clients, and the public, are requiring asset managers to provide "clear and comprehensive" reports on environmental, social and governance-related (ESG) activities, according to new research ...

Hearts and Minds boosts dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Hearts and Minds Investments (HM1) declared an increased half-year fully franked dividend of 8 cents per share, payable in April 2025. The board said the decision to increase the dividend was supported by strong investment performance and a significant ...