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MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... month's announcement that Nippon Life Insurance - MLC's parent company - will acquire 100% of Resolution Life Australia. The $12 billion deal - the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese insurer- should be finalised in the second half ...

Partners Group staffer quits to join NYC firm

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... director in Siguler Guff's New York headquarters, who will continue to lead and oversee the firm's efforts in Australia. Clitheroe will be the emerging markets-focused firm's first hire, based in Sydney. Siguler Guff does not have a local ...

Frontier hires new real assets lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Frontier Advisors has added a former Westbourne Capital executive to head up its real assets team. The investment consulting firm has tasked Lucy Minichiello with leading a dedicated team of eight infrastructure and property specialists and further ...

ETF fund flows hit US$16bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
At the start of 2024 ethical, responsible, and sustainability-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) held $11.47 billion in funds under management - and grew 23% in the year. Net flows were $716.8 million during 2024, and at the end of the year the category ...

JANA revamps research team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
JANA Investment Advisers has taken steps to strengthen its research team through a series of new hires and promotions in response to strong business growth. Matthew Gadsden, who previously served as the head of global equities research, has been appointed ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... protection laws would eliminate uncertainty in environmental protection and be good for the economy. Around half of Australia's GDP has a moderate to very high dependence on healthy biodiversity and ecosystem, particularly agriculture, forestry, food ...

ESG inflows defy global trends

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... inflows last year were for ESG-focused equity funds, after 2023 recorded $494.8 million in outflows. However, since Australia lagged on ESG investing relative to other markets, this could be a lagging trend. Globally, ESG equity funds saw withdrawals ...

Coalition plans to scrap climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... approach to ESG." Internationally, regulators are ramping up efforts on sustainability reporting standardisation. While Australia was one of the first nations to mandate International Sustainability Standards Board-aligned (ISSB) reporting standards ...

Green moves: Warakirri, La Trobe Financial, Future Generation, Tracker Group, GRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... solutions." Meanwhile, Future Generation Global has appointed Adelaide McDonald to the board. McDonald is the chair of Beef Australia and a non-executive director of Regal Asian Investments Limited. "Adelaide's business acumen and her experience of listed ...

Cbus recruits lead for new core equities portfolio

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Cbus has appointed an executive to manage a new portfolio of active large-cap Australian stocks as the fund steps up its push to bring more of its assets in-house. The $100 billion industry fund has appointed Cooper Investments veteran Ryan Riedler ...