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Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... impacts. Now though, McNeil says Emmi's research has gained traction in the financial industry, particularly superannuation funds, which are increasingly interested in data on fixed income, the bond market, and private equity. "There's a notion that ...

Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Bowley previously established a course on shareholder activism at Monash and conducted academic research on superannuation funds and corporate governance after transitioning from a successful two-decade career as a practising lawyer at Johnson Winter ...

Google's DEI dump may tank ESG score

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... human rights concerns, and labour rights and supply chain controversies. Some of Australia's largest superannuation funds hold investments in Alphabet Inc. Australian Ethical, which has $13.26 billion in funds managed following an ethical criteria ...

Coalition's anti-ESG stance sparks investor backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... to downweigh ESG considerations could create significant implications for ethical investment managers and superannuation funds. The Coalition leader said he intends to stop banks from blocking or restricting loans to fossil fuel and forestry companies ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... risk, and regulatory issues in superannuation and insurance. He has over 15 years of experience consulting to superannuation funds and global asset managers and previously worked at the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. Meanwhile, Max Hamra has ...

Green careers in silent crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... landscape that is "not favourable" to ESG, Gvalda confirmed. Gvalda noted that while large organisations and superannuation funds in Australia offer solid opportunities with strong remuneration, practitioners in smaller organisations often suffer higher ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Lastly, Mione Collins - who previously worked for Tasman Environmental Markets (TEM) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) - is starting a new position as board director at the International Association of Business Communicators ...

AMP nabs Mercer wealth manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... the country's largest dealer groups. Westpac completed the merger of BT's personal and corporate superannuation funds with Mercer Super Trust and the sale of its Advance to Mercer Australia in 2023. This is the second Mercer executive to depart ...

Morningstar hires research manager for super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... positioned to support both investors and advisers in providing them with independent research and insights into superannuation funds, " said Matt Olson, Morningstar director of manager research ratings for the region. The new principal of superannuation ...

Future Group ramps up screening

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... "part of a wider program of reinvestment in climate solutions and positive impact investments across all our superannuation funds that we have recently acquired." Future Group is a collective of super funds and financial services overseeing $15 billion ...