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RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Kiechle-Cornish served in several quantitative research and analysis positions at Optiver and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. RQI's funds under management stand at $24.9 billion. Late last year, the manager promoted three staffers within its ...

HESTA hunts for portfolio construction and risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA's general manager of portfolio construction and risk has exited the $93 billion super fund, underscoring the high number of senior turnovers in big super. The superannuation fund confirmed that Michael Sommers had exited and that it was looking ...

Australian Ethical sees path through anti-ESG push

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... deepening our position in these areas. Woods said this strategy led to Australian Ethical's main superannuation (Balanced) fund outperforming benchmarks by over 3% per annum during the previous Trump administration. "Our active approach means we can ...

Green moves: PRI, BlackRock, Rewiring Australia, Future Generation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Tom Wainwright is leaving Climateworks Centre to join the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). He will lead the Australian program of PRI's Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change initiative. Wainwright is an advisor and subject ...

Vanguard ESG funds rake in highest inflows: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... inflows in the year to December 2024, new Rainmaker Information research found. The International Shares Select Exclusion Index Fund, one of Vanguard's three unit trusts making up the top 10, raked in $270 million to end up with $1.1 billion at the end ...

HSBC adds 20 years to net zero ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
HSBC has pushed back its net zero emissions target in its supply chain and operations by two decades as part of a wider shake-up of its ESG ambitions. The global bank announced last week that while it made good progress in reducing its Scope 1 and Scope ...

Banks' culture, conduct has government committee 'deeply concerned'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
A parliamentary committee has flagged serious governance concerns within Australia's big banks, saying it has seen a reversal of hard-won gains from the Royal Commission. The House Standing Committee on Economics released its annual report into Australia's ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Nations Super Summit in 2024 made it clear that First Nations members and their advocates find the lack of consistency across fund forms to be an enormous barrier to engage with their super," Delahunty said. "This guidance note is a vital first step ...

Investors want more transparency in responsible investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
An increasing number of stakeholders, including regulators, clients, and the public, are requiring asset managers to provide "clear and comprehensive" reports on environmental, social and governance-related (ESG) activities, according to new research ...

Hearts and Minds boosts dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... $5.6 million as of 31 December 2024. HM1 provides financial support to leading Australian medical research organisations to fund the development of new medicines and treatments. HM1 and its participating fund managers forego any fees and instead an amount ...