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Governance Institute of Australia names chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... professionals we play a key role in assisting society navigate growing complexity and increasing challenges," she said. "Climate change risk, real time technological change, cyber risk, and the changing notion of consumers are just some of the issues ...

New head of ESG at boutique

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... portfolios," Maple-Brown Abbott Sophia Rahmani said. "We expect this will be even more important as risks around climate change and social issues like modern slavery become more prevalent. Emma brings market-leading experience and talent and I'm confident ...

New emerging markets ESG fund at Dimensional

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... executive Glenn Crane said. "Many of our clients want transparent, effective investment solutions that focus on climate change in a measurable way," he said. "With many emerging markets having higher emissions than developed markets, this means clients ...

ACSI names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... future. Investors and companies must work together to tackle significant long-term investment risks, including climate change, corporate governance, and gender diversity," she said. Silk retires from AustralianSuper after 15 years. He is currently leading ...

Northern Trust launches low carbon strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... index strategy for Australian and New Zealand investors. The NT World Green Transition Index fund is founded on climate change considerations and offers a combination of exclusions that deems the fund free from fossil fuel reserves and significantly ...

NZ Super Fund hires asset allocation head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... and been involved in the 2020 review of the reference portfolio, reviews of investment hurdles and proxies and climate change strategy. Hyde will commence as head of asset allocation on July 1 and will oversee the construction of the reference portfolio ...

Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... the analytical toolkit." Aware Super head of responsible investment Liza McDonald added: "At Aware Super we view climate change as the most significant financial risk to our portfolio and to our members' long-term financial future. We have been responding ...

MAX Award winners crowned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Campaign of the Year - Consumer Budget Direct - Insurance Solved Marketing Campaign of the Year - Industry Robeco - Climate change campaign Marketing Team of the Year Budget Direct Print Campaign of the Year - Consumer BetaShares Print Campaign of the ...

Lessons from GPIF: Mizuno

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
The former chief investment officer of the world's largest pension fund is imploring asset owners to take climate policy matters into their own hands if their governments are unwilling to do so. Speaking at the Morningstar Investment Conference, United ...

Investors move to thematic funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... funds domiciled in Australia, of which seven launched in the first quarter of this year. These include BetaShares Climate Change Innovation, VanEck Vectors Global Clean Energy, NT World Green Transition Index Fund (AUD), NT World Green Transition Index ...