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Ethical Advice Conference to build knowledge on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... know how to make the decisions in the first place," said Nathan Fradley, director of Ethos ESG and a member of Financial Standard 's Power50. "The whole point of the conference is to have adviser-specific content that directly provides information ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... requiring the Fair Work Commission to consider gender equity when formulating minimum wages, as reported in Financial Standard. HESTA CEO Debby Blakey said the Federal Government's decision to fund $4.7 billion over 4 years from 2022-23 to make early ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... plans to launch the BetaShares Energy Transition Metals ETF (XMET) on the ASX in late October, as reported in Financial Standard. XMET will provide exposure to leading global companies that are producing a range of energy transition metals (ETMs), such ...

Climate skills development needed: University of Technology Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... 63% of investment professionals admit their climate skills need developing. As reported by sister publication Financial Standard, Research director Alison Atherton offered delegates to the Conference of Major Super Funds a sneak peek of work the Institute ...

No ESG drag seen in performance test results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... the MySuper performance test under the Your Future, Your Super legislation. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, five MySuper products have failed the second annual MySuper performance test, with four of them failing for a second time. ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... appointment marks another heavyweight hire for Crestone after Wan Lum's hire. In April, sister publication Financial Standard reported that Crestone appointed Wan Lum to the firm. He joined from Energy Super, where he was chief investment officer. ...

HESTA first super fund to oppose AGL demerger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger, as reported in sister publication Financial Standard. "After reviewing the plan, we remain unconvinced that the overall demerger plan would sufficiently accelerate decarbonisation ...

RIAA certifies two Real Asset Management funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian Diversified Fixed Income Fund and RAM Diversified Fixed Income and Credit SMA." Sister publication Financial Standard reported earlier this year that RAM appointed Matthew Strotton as head of funds management for its real estate division. ...

Ethinvest opens Canberra office with industry heavyweight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Ethical investment advisory firm Ethinvest has a new office in Canberra as adviser Dave Rae joins the firm. Rae joins Ethinvest from Federated Financial Services. "I'd estimate that at the moment, probably 80% or higher of my clients are in some way ...

Igneo sets 2023 climate targets for infrastructure companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure Partners is derived from the word 'igneous', a type of volcanic rock, sister publication Financial Standard reported. Speaking at a recent briefing, Igneo director, ESG Sophie Durham noted that the strategy is called Climate Action ...