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ESG safe from layoffs in tight jobs market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Amidst mass redundancies, ESG roles remain safe - for now. However, job seekers face fierce competition in an employer-driven market with slow recruitment processes and rampant ghosting. A shortage of ESG pros coupled with keen demand for specialist ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The $43 billion public sector fund has welcomed a former central bank deputy governor to its board, while Mercer Super has a new chair. Guy Debelle has joined the fund for South Australian government employees, bringing a tremendous depth of experience ...

Investible, top VCs back Fugu Carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Fugu Carbon, the new venture by co-founders behind Sun Cable, successfully raised $1.65 million from leading venture capitalists. The fundraising was led by venture capitalist Investible, and included participation from investors Jelix and Electrifi ...

UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global financial services firm UBS has named Jiayun Fang as Southeast Asia social impact and philanthropy lead, group sustainability and impact. Fang has a background in sustainability, social impact, corporate philanthropy, diversity and inclusion ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Financial advisers find sustainable investments appealing to many of their clients, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures and political differences. Ethical investment leaders spoke at the Financial Standard's inaugural Future Investing Forum ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Generative AI, a rapidly advancing form of deep learning that mimics human output, also raises concerns about the verifiability of its results, UTS industry professor - emerging technology Nicholas Davis says. Appearing at the Stockbroker and Investment ...

RIAA: Fund flows, greenwashing, AI and disability inclusion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
In the midst of massive change for the industry, both companies and financiers are grappling with what to do next. To help practitioners navigate changing tides, the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) held a conference in Sydney ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
In the quest for impeccable biodiversity data, a trillion-dollar fund manager found an unlikely partner in a 143-year-old museum best known for 'Dippy', the dinosaur. At the RIAA conference yesterday, a panel was assembled to talk about the ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The destruction of Juukan Gorge in 2020 in the Western Pilbara was a flash point in awareness of First Nations heritage and engagement issues in Australia. In May 2020 two ancient rock shelters on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and ...

Australian Ethical reaches $10 bn FUM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
The ethical investor saw a 7% rise in funds under management to $10.33 billion for the March quarter on the back of new members and cash inflows into its superannuation arm. Australian Ethical is an investment manager with over $10.0 billion in funds ...