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Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Future Group has reshuffled its investment leadership, appointing a new chief investment officer and shifting its incumbent investment lead into a strategist role. Joe Fernandes joins the group after five years at Australian Unity, where he most recently ...

Australia needs to ramp up decarbonisation efforts: BloombergNEF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... electric vehicles (PHEVS) experienced sales growth. The report attributed this spike to Australia's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), legislated in May 2024. While the policy did not come into effect until July 2025, automakers were incentivised ...

Growing disaster costs elevate need for climate adaptation investments: Actuaries Institute

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The Actuaries Institute said that, although climate-focused policies are progressing well, the rising costs of disasters underscore the importance of investing in climate adaptation strategies. According to Deloitte Access Economics, disaster costs ...

Polluting companies should pay their fair share: Superpower Institute

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
In a recent report, the Superpower Institute proposed two policies that hold polluting companies fiscally accountable for their fair share of damages to the natural environment. The Polluter Pays Levy (PPL) would target companies that extract or import ...

First Nations people face financial exclusion, significant barriers: AFCA

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
After receiving 2461 complaints from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the 2025 financial year, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) found the disproportionate difficulty First Nations peoples face when accessing financial ...

GCQ hires longtime Platinum executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... industrials and quickly became a key voice in adviser presentations. After five years, he departed for Singapore to help build Standard Chartered's equities broking business, before returning to Platinum and founder Kerr Neilson in 2013. Back at ...

GRI appoints chair to sustainability standard-setting board

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... ago," GRI chair of the supervisory board Jane Diplock said. "Her background as a reporting practitioner, an adviser and standard-setter makes her an ideal candidate to place the GRI standards and reporting on impacts at the heart of the evolving global ...

CEFC commits $70m to accelerate decarbonisation

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has backed the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) Global Infrastructure Fund II (QGIF II) to decarbonise two of Australia's highest emitting sectors, energy and transport. The $70 million investment will ...

Instos win big on Australian steel

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... 13.52%, now holding 52.9 million shares and significant voting power. An AustralianSuper spokesperson told Financial Standard the super fund supports boards and management teams of companies that deliver long-term value for members and agreed the offer ...

Schroders recruits head of ETFs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Schroders has appointed its first global head of exchange-traded funds to further supercharge the business after hitting over US$1 billion in active ETF assets. Tom Stephens will lead Schroders' global ETF strategy across products, infrastructure ...