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State Super equities lead exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
After five and a half years at State Super, Andrew Huang has departed to set up his own shop in the sustainability space. As reported last week, Jonathan Chung has stepped into Huang's role of senior investment manager - equities. Huang has left ...

Dexus reports $752.7m loss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... he added, "and is well supported by our deep multi-sector development pipeline and market-leading investment and sustainability performance." "Additionally, we have an attractive profile of upcoming apartment project completions, which, together with ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... that the Sustainable Plus options were marketed as being are suitable for members who "are deeply committed to sustainability" because they excluded investments in companies involved in carbon intensive fossil fuels like thermal coal. Exclusions were ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... disclosure process including but not limited to our range of ESG offerings. A spokesperson for ASIC confirmed to FS Sustainability that Bloomberg and MSCI do not hold any relevant Australian Financial Services Licences. But the market regulator issued ...

HESTA moves 10% of portfolio in-house

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... internalised a portion of its Australian equities portfolio, implementing a process centred on quality, growth, and sustainability. Since, the fund has been steadily expanding the portfolio, with the team now managing $4 billion in funds under management. ...

Iress adds new operations, customer service leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... Management, where she oversaw client strategy, product development and management, regulatory affairs, and corporate sustainability. Prior to that, she worked in senior roles in financial services, including Milliman, Challenger, Financial Services Council ...

Acadian employs ChatGPT to assess climate targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... Asset Management is using the technology underpinning ChatGPT to predict whether companies are likely to achieve sustainability targets. The Acadian Net Zero Alignment Model integrates large learning models (LLM), the type of AI algorithm that underpins ...

CommSec launches global share trading platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... ETFs on the CommSec Pocket platform... These two funds will shortly join our NASDAQ 100 ETF (NDQ) and our Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) on the platform." "Overall, ETFs continue to help investors improve their investing discipline as they ...

Russell Investments reports super returns up to 13.5%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... sub-plan, iQ Super. Notably, Elevate Super's fee structure had faced scrutiny in the past, drawing attention to its sustainability in a competitive landscape. Russell Investments previously declined to comment on the transfer of Elevate Super to ...

NGS ahead of schedule on net zero strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... "Particularly in the unlisted space, we are finding far greater attractive investments by leaning into clean energy and sustainability." NGS is researching carbon markets to gain a better understanding of the factors that may affect how carbon markets ...