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Bill Gates to give away wealth in next 20 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Bill Gates says he will give away all his wealth over the next two decades and close the Gates Foundation permanently in 2045. It's a big change for the foundation which, when established in 2000, was done so with the charter that it would continue ...

Richest 10% drive global warming: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
New research that examined wealth-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that the world's richest people are fuelling two thirds of global warming. Authors Sarah Schöngart, Zebedee Nicholls and Roman Hoffmann et al quantified the link between wealth ...

Aware Super, HESTA join forces against Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Super and HESTA have voted against the re-election of Woodside director Ann Pickard, who also chairs the Energy Board's Sustainability Committee, with HESTA also voting against the broader remuneration plan. The super funds said the gas giant ...

Longview Partners sets up local hub

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A former Apostle Funds Management global distribution lead has been named head of APAC and Middle East for a London-based firm. The newly created role will see Kimon Kouryialas lead Longview Partners' growth strategy in the region. Kouryialas is ...

Aware Super appoints UK private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Super has bolstered its London team with the appointment of three executives to manage its infrastructure, private equity and property portfolios in Europe and the US. Importantly, the $190 billion superannuation fund has recruited Frank Bulman ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Vivian Xu has joined Victorian Fund Management Corporation to work on quant strategies across global markets. Xu arrived from Frontier Advisers, where she was promoted to the new quantitative research consultant within the capital markets and asset ...

Activist fund manager promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Wilson Asset Management has promoted three staffers following the launch of two new investment companies this year - an income style product and a fund that backs companies run by founders. William Liu, Anna Milne, and Shaun Weick have taken on new ...

TNFD guides board directors on assessing nature-related risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published its first Asking Better Questions on Nature guide to assist senior executives with appropriately assessing nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. The first ...

Labor win 'a referendum on renewable energy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Council says the Albanese government's landslide win in the federal election was a vote of confidence by the Australian people in the nation's clean energy future. Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton said Labor's win ...

WFH employees put in 20% more hours

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Australians who have worked from home since the COVID-19 pandemic have cut their commutes by around three hours a week, equivalent to a time saving worth an estimated $5308 a year based on average wages, new research by the Committee for Economic Development ...