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ISS STOXX Sustainability names new APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
ISS STOXX strengthens its sustainability business in APAC with the appointment of a new regional head. Julia Leske has been promoted to head of sustainability business, APAC, which is a newly-created role reporting to the group's global head of ...

Interest in sustainable investing at 92%, yet portfolio allocation lags

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Investing. The survey polled 2250 active individual investors across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific (APAC) between February and March of this year to assess attitudes toward sustainable investing and where investors see the greatest ...

Palisade acquires battery storage system in SA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... helping build the infrastructure Australia needs to reach its clean energy goals," Brunton said. Meanwhile, CIP partner and APAC lead Thomas Wibe Poulsen added: "We are delighted to have reached an agreement to sell Summerfield to Palisade." "The Summerfield ...

Green moves: Australian Ethical, KPMG, Morningstar Sustainalytics

ELIZABETH FRY, RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... involves working with Sustainalytics' global teams to ensure its products reflect regulatory developments and market needs in APAC. "Since joining the firm nearly two years ago, Cameron has helped build its presence across Australia and New Zealand ...

Insurers grapple with managing physical risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... underwriting business is well prepared for rising physical risk, compared with 23% of their counterparts in North America and APAC, respectively. Globally, 43% of insurers have an underwriting strategy that is meaningfully informed by analysis of physical-risk ...

Iress fills APAC wealth role from within

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Iress, the financial advice software provider, has promoted from within to fill the top role in its Asia Pacific wealth business, following the departure of a long-serving executive. Sam Wall has stepped into the role of acting chief executive, succeeding ...

Macquarie invests to support women-led enterprises in APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Group Foundation has invested $1 million in Good Return's Impact Investment Fund II to accelerate its fundraising efforts for underserved women-led enterprises across the Asia Pacific region. The evergreen fund is designed to unlock an estimated ...

Shareholder pushback on exec pay eases: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... concerns and often pursuing those issues with companies on multiple fronts," Georgeson head of governance and ESG advisory APAC Paul Murphy said. "Sometimes this is taking place outside the confines of the AGM, for example, through investor collaborations ...

Top JBWere wealth leader heads to UBS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... at UBS until Bird's return. Bird's new role will see him report to Jin Yee Young, co-head global wealth management APAC, and locally to Nick Hughes and Greg Peirce, co-country heads of Australasia. The departure comes shortly after former Cbus ...

Australia needs to ramp up decarbonisation efforts: BloombergNEF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... identified Australia as one of the largest global exporters of seaborne thermal coal and liquified natural gas (LNG) in the APAC region. It also stated that the volume of Australian coal rose while the volume of LNG exports fell in the second half of ...
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