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Former board member kickstarts crowdfunding for CalPERS probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... compromise returns or governance. Further, Brown is asking if beneficiaries, legislators, and taxpayers being misled about the health and sustainability of the pension system. "For too long, public employees, retirees, employers, and taxpayers have had ...

BlackRock, Vanguard bankroll 'genocide', illegal occupation: UN

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... unaccounted for since October 2023. This significantly outweighs the death toll reported in the media as provided by the Gaza Health Ministry of about 58,000. Albanese also named BNP Paribas and Barclays as some of the major financial institutions that ...

Green moves: Greenpeace, IGCC, Mirvac, PRI

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... and qualified actuary, has long believed climate change is the most important challenge of our time. She is chair of CBHS Health and sits on the board of Zurich Australia. Her previous board roles include UniSuper, Class Limited and SuperEd. A former ...

Green moves: Australian Shareholders' Association, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
High-profile sustainable finance specialist Camille Wynter has taken on the role of ESG integration lead at Cbus. She will be part of the responsible investment team and report to Ros McKay. Wynter succeeds Talieh Williams, who left in March to become ...

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025. The study compiled by Giant Leap ...

Australia ranks 13th on gender parity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2025 shows Australia's gender parity has improved markedly in the past 12 months. Australia has jumped 11 places to rank 13 th globally for gender parity, with the gap now 79.2% closed. In Asia Pacific ...

BlackRock names new insto lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... September, O'Sullivan will leave the financial services industry entirely, as the family business operates within the health sector. He will be succeeded by Jonathan Jenkins, who joined BlackRock over two years ago and currently manages the client ...

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 ...

Australia's $800bn food industry has highest hidden costs per capita

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... revealed that Australia has the highest hidden costs within a food system per capita in the world, primarily environmental and health impacts with costs ballooning over $274 billion, CSIRO said. CSIRO agriculture and food director Michael Robertson said ...

Green moves: Eaton Capital Partners, UBS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
The head of UBS Global Wealth Management's NFP segment has taken on a new role, while Eaton Capital Partners has a new impact investment analyst. Zarmeen Pavri, a specialist in social impact strategies and investment, has joined the Centre for Social ...