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Future Fund, UniSuper hire ESG execs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Kirsten Simpson, head of ESG and investment stewardship. Simpson assumed that role following the departure of Joel Posters in April 2022. Halliday joins the Future Fund after having worked for AMP Capital for more than three decades. She served in a ...

New Zealand XRB releases final climate reporting paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... climate change are actively and routinely considered in business, investment, and lending decisions," said XRB chief executive April Mackenzie. "Climate disclosures bring climate-related risks and opportunities front and centre so that entities are prompted ...

Consultation on faith-based products opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... the 2022/23 performance test. The draft legislation is the fulfilment of a promise made by Labor during the campaign. In April during the annual RIAA conference, then- Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation ...

Australian investors withdraw from ESG funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... funds. But overall, the ESG segment is buoyant, Calastone noted. Investors continued to invest in to managed equity funds in April and May, but by June, sentiment had turned sharply negative. June saw them pull A$253 million from their holdings, Calastone ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... initiatives forward." MacDonald's appointment marks another heavyweight hire for Crestone after Wan Lum's hire. In April, sister publication Financial Standard reported that Crestone appointed Wan Lum to the firm. He joined from Energy Super ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super confirm merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
After announcing they were exploring a merger in April, Australian Ethical and Christian Super have signed a Successor Fund Transfer deed. The decision brings an end to Christian Super, which was established in 1984, with all its members expected to ...

Pause to YFYS rollout as government announces review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... fulfilment of an announcement made by Jones during the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference in April. In a speech to RIAA, Jones called out an "alarming anomaly, where the benchmark will essentially drive faith-based ...

Ramsay commits to Net Zero by 2040

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... zero targets, and also we're a science-based organisation," the spokesperson added. "It's about having that alignment." In April, HESTA announced it is part of a consortium led by KKR to acquire all the issued share capital of Ramsay Health Care. Image ...

Strong flow of new ESG funds brought to market: Equity Trustees

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... are really focused on green or carbon neutral companies." Equity Trustees found that retail fund flows over the year to April 2022 had increased from $4.3 billion to almost $6 billion. Wholesale fund flows increased from $800 million to just over $1 ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... entities. The ISSB standard, I think, is a really huge step towards sustainability disclosures here in Australia." The ISSB in April released two drafts covering general sustainability-related disclosure requirements and specific climate-related disclosure ...