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Metrics hires for newly created role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Metrics Credit Partners has welcomed a head of impact investments, hiring a Mercer veteran. Rebecca Mather has joined Metrics in the newly created role, having previously spent more than 25 years at Mercer. She was most recently Asia Pacific and IMEA ...

Victoria looks to enshrine work from home rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
The Victorian premier is planning to introduce legislation that would provide a legal right to work from home two days a week. However, industry groups are split on whether it should go ahead. Victorian premier Jacinta Allan announced the Labor state ...

Return to office will harm careers, businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Return to office mandates will have a detrimental impact on companies' ability to retain and attract talent, with a specialist recruiter saying the career aspirations of women and Gen Z will also be heavily impacted. An in-depth review by Parity Consulting ...

Australian Ethical returns 10.5% to MySuper members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical's MySuper option achieved 10.5% after fees in FY25. The super fund said the result demonstrates the strength of the ethical investment approach despite challenging markets. Some of its other options also saw double-digit returns ...

CSIRO launches National Energy Analysis Centre

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The new National Energy Analysis Centre (NEAC) will analyse and model anonymised energy data from households and businesses to provide more information to decision-makers to help steer the transition. The CSIRO says the new research function will support ...

Rio Tinto names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Simon Trott will lead Rio Tinto from 25 August 2025, replacing Jakob Stausholm. Trott is currently chief executive of the miner's iron ore division and previously served as its first chief commercial officer. "Simon is an outstanding leader with a deep ...

J.P. Morgan tests carbon credit tokenisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan is working on a blockchain technology that would tokenise global carbon credits, believing it could solve issues around transparency and standardisation. Kinexys is J.P. Morgan's blockchain unit, and it's working with S&P Global Commodity ...

Pendal, Regnan funds expand controversial weapons exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Pendal has updated the exclusions for three sustainable funds, evolving its stance on controversial weapons. The Pendal Sustainable International Share Fund, Pendal Sustainable Conservative Fund, and the Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions Fund now ...

Net zero more important than energy costs: Economists

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 is the most important goal of Australia's energy transformation for economists, preferably via a carbon price. That's according to The Economic Society of Australia, which surveyed the top 40 economists, found most ...

Financial materiality of nature-related risks now clear: TNFD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
A new paper from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) demonstrates the financial consequences of nature-related risks are already being felt by businesses and the global economy. The report, jointly authored by the University ...