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Yarra Capital names portfolio manager to lead new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
Yarra Capital has appointed Australian equities portfolio manager David Acton to lead its first private market equity fund. Acton has more than 30 years of industry experience and joins from Rothschild & Co where he was a senior advisor. Before that ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
As interest rates rise and inflation grows, some are lamenting a possible knowledge and experience gap in the industry, with a considerable number of financial advisers having only ever known a low inflation environment. At its May meeting, the Reserve ...

VanEck carbon credits ETF set to hit ASX

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
VanEck will launch Australia's first carbon credits ETF, tracking the four most actively traded and largest carbon markets and emissions trading schemes (ETS) in the world. Subject to ASX and final regulatory approval VanEck Global Carbon Credits ETF ...

NGS closes socially responsible option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Direct Investment Option to NGS Transition to retirement account members. "The NGS Self-Managed Direct Investment Option (DIO) has been available to members since 29 January 2014. This option has provided members with a gateway to direct investments ...

Millions of trees needed to offset NFTs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
Despite being digital assets and intangible in nature, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), have a significant environmental impact. A new calculator launched by NFT Club revealed it would take almost four million trees to offset the carbon emissions of the ...

ISPT on track to carbon positive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
ISPT is closer to becoming carbon positive by 2025 by surrendering 97,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units. One ACCU represents one metric tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is either stored or avoided by a project registered with the federal government's ...

Governance tops ESG priorities: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
Asset managers are prioritising governance and active engagement above other ethical investing matters, a new study shows. Russell Investments' annual ESG manager survey found that among the majority (80%) of the global 369 asset managers it surveyed ...

Yarra Capital appoints managing director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Yarra Capital has appointed a new managing director, hiring from the Commonwealth Bank. Edward Eason will have oversight of Yarra's day-to-day operations in the managing director role, based in Melbourne. Eason was most recently chief financial officer ...

New chief operating officer at Zurich

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
Zurich Financial Services welcomed a new operations chief overseeing life and investments, replacing industry veteran Gavin Pearce who has joined a global reinsurer. Effective this month, Hilary Bates became Zurich's chief operating officer of life ...

New responsible agricultural fund seeks $300m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
An agricultural investment manager is launching a new fund to sophisticated investors that uses land restoration practices that combats carbon emissions and Australia's drought problem. Brisbane-based Australian cattle property investment manager ...