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Aware Super tops up direct equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Super's direct equities portfolio has received a boost with three new appointments - one promotion and two new hires. Keen to add another senior investment analyst to the team, Sachin Nair has been elevated to that position. Covering tech ...

HESTA moves risk chief to advisory role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA chief risk officer Andrew Major has moved into a newly created advisory role to work with the fund's investment leadership on strategy. The transition represents a natural evolution for Major, who before joining HESTA's risk division in ...

Rest flags sustainable mandates to soar

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... we go about investing. That's how we select investments, how we select and monitor external managers... and how we conduct and construct our strategic asset allocation and all the modeling we've done," Doyle said. Rest owns or co-invests in wind ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority, says ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... stressing that greenwashing is a breach of long-standing and very well-established legal obligations. Misleading and deceptive conduct by corporates, whether it's to do with sustainability or other business activities, will be pro-actively monitored ...

Public sector pay gap revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published the gender pay gaps for 120 public sector employers and two corporate groups for the first time following legislative changes in 2023. The data includes details of the gender pay gaps for well-known ...

QIC hires institutional sales director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A long-time Schroders Australia executive has joined QIC's institutional distribution team as a director. The Queensland state government-owned investor confirmed the appointment of Tracy Abercromby, who will be based in QIC's Sydney office. ...

Clean energy transition a top priority for productivity: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... May 19 through to June 6 on the PC website. The interim reports will be delivered over July and August. The PC will then conduct further consultation to inform the final inquiry reports to be delivered to government in December.

Landmark greenwashing case against Energy Australia comes to an end

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... The case claimed the way in which the energy retailer marketed the Go Neutral range amounts to misleading or deceptive conduct, dating back to 2019. These claims include that the product is 'carbon neutral', that carbon credits can cancel out ...

State insurer names new CIO as government review looms

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... comes as the New Zealand government reviews the state insurer. The Kiwi government commissioned Willis Towers Watson to conduct an external review of ACC's investment strategy, while the actuarial firm Finity will examine its operational performance. ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Frontier Advisors has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Darwis as an associate in the firm's real assets team. Darwis brings research and consulting experience in the property sector and joins Frontier from PPC Urban, where she carried out ...