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Prime Super calls time on sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Prime Super will remove the SRI Balanced option from its investments lineup, saying its performance failed to meet expectations. The $8 billion industry superannuation fund will close the option on June 4, it confirmed. "After a period of observation ...

QIC appoints institutional distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Sydney-based Paul Raih has been promoted to head of Australia institutional distribution at Queensland's sovereign wealth fund. Reporting directly to Ravi Sriskandarajah, Paul will drive QIC's continued success in the domestic market by growing ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... terms being environment, sustainability, impact, transition, social, and governance. For example, funds with the 'ESG' or 'SRI' in their name will be required to implement exclusion screens aligned to the European Union's Paris-aligned Benchmark exclusions. ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... million penalty relate to misrepresentations made on its website, while $2 million was apportioned to misrepresentations in its SRI Policy Statement. About $1.5 million respectively relate to PDS fact sheets published in 2021 and 2022. Active Super and ...

Vanguard rejigs Ethically Conscious options

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index Funds." Additionally, an update to the Bloomberg MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusion Float Adjusted Index methodology will lead to changes in the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond ...

Insight Investment names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
The global asset management company - which houses £665 billion assets under management - has announced the appointment of a new chief executive following Abdallah Nauphal's decision to retire. Raman Srivastava has taken on the role and is based in ...

Engage Financial launches practice management firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... accounting practices, Engage Financial said. Blake, who also serves as executive director of Engage Financial Solutions' offshore Sri Lankan branch, brings a wealth of knowledge in practice management, consulting, and sales enablement. "At Engage Practice ...

Chief financial officer roles 'widely ambiguous': Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... associate professor Paul Thambar conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 chief financial officers from Australia and Sri Lanka across a range of industry settings in both the profit and not-for-profit sectors, including mining, education, healthcare ...

Morningstar hires fixed income lead from PATRIZIA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... institutional clients in Australia. Previously he consulted on ESG investment strategies, including leading the successful SRI option reconfiguration for a major Australian superannuation fund. The fixed income specialist brings 17 years of experience ...

Franklin Templeton to build advanced financial AI platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Franklin Templeton announced it is working with Microsoft to build an advanced financial AI platform. The global investment manager said the partnership marked a significant step toward transforming the financial services industry. The platform will ...