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CEFC backs Australian Ethical's new fund with $125m

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has launched a new fund for wholesale investors to access institutional grade private markets investments, with a cornerstone commitment of up to $125 million from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CEFC's commitment to ...

Green moves: RIAA, Westpac

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has appointed a co-chair to its human rights working group. Ashley Kopczynski, director of sustainable investment and stewardship at IFM Investors, will serve alongside Antonia Parkes, senior ...

Former Perpetual executive takes helm at UBS AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
UBS Asset Management has tapped Perpetual's former chief distribution officer to lead its local business and oversee institutional clients. Adam Quaife takes over from Nick Hughes, co-country head and group chief operating officer for UBS Australia ...

Green moves: Mercer, Northern Trust AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Helga Birgden is leaving Mercer after 18 years as a partner and global chair for responsible investment. She plans to dedicate her efforts full-time to helping boards with sustainability and the circular economy, ending 25 years in the field for the ...

Mercer's Helga Birgden departs after 18 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Helga Birgden is leaving Mercer after 18 years as a partner and global chair for responsible investment. She plans to dedicate her efforts full-time to helping boards with sustainability and the circular economy, ending 25 years in the field for the ...

Sustainable investments jump 49% in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... with RIAA, GSIA members include the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), US Sustainable Investment Forum (US SIF), Japan Sustainable Investment Forum (JSIF) and European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif). Eurosif executive ...

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 ...

'Surreal', 'difficult' times for sustainable investors: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Conference. Speaking from ground zero in Washington, DC, Maria Lettini, chief executive of the US Sustainable Investment Forum (US SIF), admitted it is "difficult for us to keep up" with the Trump administration's anti-ESG movement and it feels "extremely ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
After decades of unprecedented progress in reducing global inequality and poverty, the future looks increasingly uncertain, according to Angela Jackson, lead economist at Impact Economics and Policy. With Australia heading into an election year, potential ...

Investors and business leaders call for end to 'weak' net zero pledge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
An open letter led by Fortescue and signed by the likes of Future Super, Ethinvest, and a former RBA Governor, calls on the federal government to phase out fossil fuels. The letter demands 'real zero' targets over 'net zero' targets, and clear and transparent ...
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