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BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... Since 2019, Wiedman has sponsored BlackRock's efforts in transitioning to a low-carbon economy, growing sustainable investments from US$107 billion to $1 trillion. From 2011 to 2019, Wiedman served as global head of iShares and index investment, driving ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... introduced a solution that meets the growing demands for world-class infrastructure opportunities and sustainable investments from Australia's wealth managers and financial intermediaries." S64 head of Australian and New Zealand Matt Stovold echoed Nagpal's ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... Management and a scientific equities portfolio manager at BlackRock, leading index portfolios and running sustainable investments in Australia. In addition to teaching at New York University and the University of Technology, she is a member of ITCG ...

US election outcome tops investor concerns: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... investment grade corporates over riskier high-yield and emerging market securities," Watson said. Opinions on sustainable investments are also vastly divided. Half of the participants agree that demand for this sector will be determined investors rather ...

Wealth firms 'still have PTSD from the Royal Commission': Deloitte

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... three years. However, Deloitte's data suggests that younger investors may not be quite as ready for sustainable investments as previously thought, with only 5% of Gen Y and Z prioritising philanthropic goals. "Firms may be overestimating the interest ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... that a focus on sustainability will ruin future returns. "One of the most hotly debated myths is that sustainable investments sacrifice performance, which at one point in time might have been a justified stance. As illustrated below, sustainable investment ...

Commerzbank acquires Aquila Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... client groups, and its presence in over 40 countries. Meanwhile, Commerzbank will get access to Aquila's sustainable investments expertise. "Since 2006, the core focus of our business at Aquila Group has been to contribute to the decarbonisation of the ...

Market performance fails to sway retirement confidence: State Street

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... solutions." Meanwhile, the State Street survey uncovered a decline in the emphasis Australian retirees place on sustainable investments in their superannuation fund. In 2022, 67% of respondents in Australia "considered it important," but this fell to ...

Finnfund names chief investment officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... sector expertise, e.g., in digital infrastructure and forestry, enabling us to make impactful, commercially sustainable investments. "I look forward to working with all the Finnfund stakeholders." Established in 1980, Finnfund is owned by the Finnish ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... EMEA (62%), APAC (57%), and Latin America (56%). Interestingly, market volatility is the main barrier to sustainable investments, cited by 54% of insurers. More broadly, insurers are also alert to inflation concerns, with 71% of respondents citing it ...