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Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... invested in oil and gas majors TotalEnergies, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Eni and BP alone, all of which have expansion plans. A further $7.45 billion (€4.5bn) is invested in coal companies with plans to expand, with Glencore and its subsidiaries taking ...

Rest kickstarts in-house global equities trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... now running its first mandate. The team has been handed $300 million to invest on behalf of the fund's members, with plans to progressively increase the mandate over the coming years. Rest has long had internal investment capabilities across other ...

FNZ wins mandate, names APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... portal will be mobile responsive, and notifications related to investments will be improved, it added. Dividend reinvestment plans will be available on some securities, and the interest rate received on the cash account will improve. Due to the change ...

Ord Minnett poaches Perpetual advisers amid hiring spree

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... said the significant addition of financial advisers is a strategic move, noting that the firm has made no secret of its plans to grow through "actively recruiting top-tier talent" across Australia. "This addition of nine advisers is substantial in today's ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... pension funds, NPS, along with Townsend, a leading global real asset investment platform, will assist our future growth plans, both domestically and internationally - particularly in our real estate strategies, an area where Townsend brings considerable ...

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... received, expected legislative developments and to avoid additional burdens on firms at this time, the FCA and PRA have no plans to take the work further," they said. FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi said that while respondents to the consultation agreed ...

'We're not going anywhere': SS&C serious about Aussie expansion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... additional superannuation funds to our client list. "We're excited about how this all fits together and into our strategic plans for Australia." Stone said SS&C has been in talks with every Australian super fund to showcase what it can offer and ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Apex Group is on track to achieve 20% annual organic sales growth over the next two years and plans to triple its headcount to 1000. After acquiring Iress' superannuation platform late last year, Apex's big opportunity is in member administration ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... among entities that are lagging best practices and bring them into line with contemporary expectations," he said. APRA's plans to scale the changes based on size and complexity, easing the burden on smaller financial institutions while holding larger ...

Former AMP licensees rebranded as Akumin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... this transition," Fortnum chief executive Neil Younger said. "Akumin, alongside the broader Entireti business, has exciting plans to grow and expand the range of services we deliver to advice businesses." The Advisers' Association's Scott Montefiore ...