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Young investors' appetite for ESG investing dwindles: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... before dropping significantly in 2024. In 2022, for example, 44% of young investors said it was "extremely important" for fund managers to be activists and use their voting power to influence environmental priorities. In 2023, just 27% still felt this ...

Podcast: The biggest misconception fund managers have about stewardship with Rachel Alembakis

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Today, Rachel Alembakis joins us on the show to discuss her role as stewardship manager at U Ethical. Alembakis pivoted from a career in journalism - including as the prior editor of FS Sustainability - and says that communication skills are one of ...

Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The activist shareholder group Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX) has set its scope on large, listed firms that fail to provide paid parental leave. They are targeting childcare provider G8 Education, which employs over 10,000 staff. G8 is an outlier ...

Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment superannuation chief Ross Piper has departed the fund and will shortly take up a new role as Global CEO for the Fred Hollows Foundation. Piper confirmed his departure, saying he finished at the $9 billion fund before the ...

VFMC wraps up leadership changes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... following an overhaul of the investment function late last year. The absolute returns team manages private credit and hedge fund exposures within client portfolios. VFMC investment chief Russell Clarke said it made sense to separate the future management ...

Canadian pension fund names new CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... overall investment strategy and treasury function. Charbonneau replaces Alexandre Roy, a senior managing director of total fund management, who served as CIO on an interim basis following Eduard van Gelderen's departure last October. The incoming ...

Orbis recruits investment specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Preez will oversee Orbis' relationships with research houses and support the firm's focus on the retail channel and fund suite in Australia. Du Preez joins Orbis from sister company, Allan Gray Australia, where he served as a business development ...

Quant fund hires from JP Morgan

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Alternative fund manager East Coast Capital Management has snared a JP Morgan investment lead as its chief executive. Haslinger is tasked with growing the Sydney-based systematic fund manager's assets under management, focusing on wholesale and ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Breckon Jones to the newly created role of head of growth, talent, and reward. Jones joins the $190 billion superannuation fund from iCare NSW, which manages the insurance and care services to the people, businesses and communities of New South Wales ...

Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... exposures for government-related entities. His career spans leading multi-asset boutique investment firms and large global fund managers, where he has managed both investment grade and high-yield fixed-income and credit funds in domestic and international ...