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HMC Capital wholesale head exits for COO position

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... the Challenger representative on six affiliate boards, was a member of the Office of the Responsible Entity and sat on the ESG Steering Committee for Challenger Ltd. Earlier in his career, he worked in corporate finance at GPT Group and as an investment ...

Super moves: ART, Allianz, HESTA, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... our key stakeholder relationships," he said on LinkedIn. At Deutsche Bank, Coustar most recently served as global head of ESG, a role she held for four years. In that capacity, she led the German lender's sustainable finance activities across private ...

Laws to limit US pension plans' use of ESG pass

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... factors in their investment decision making. The House voted 213-205 to pass the legislation, which looks to curtail use of ESG by pension funds, particularly those governed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The bill was put ...

Super moves: WATC, Medibank, HESTA, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... help in risk management. Finally, Karin Halliday has stepped down from her role as director of investment stewardship and ESG at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. After a long career spanning markets, governance and investment stewardship at AMP ...

A new landscape for sustainable investing in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... sustainable investing in 2025 and market insights for the new year. Characterising 2025 as an "undeniably challenging year for ESG and sustainable investing", the report spotlights the prevalence of anti-ESG sentiment in the US and the shift towards ...

NGS Super backs Gresham House forestry platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... and Forestry Charter. This code follows national and international sustainable forest management standards and has embedded ESG considerations. It is categorised as an Article 9 product under SFDR. Gresham House chief executive Tony Dalwood described ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... Implementing this strategy also means we carefully select and evaluate our external asset managers." In 2022, PME began defining its ESG goals, evolving the goals into an ESG framework and later an ESG index portfolio it called the portfolio of tomorrow ...

TelstraSuper exec joins CFA Society board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... across the financial services industry, including private equity, hedge funds, listed equities, fixed interest, real assets and ESG to her role as director. Joining TelstraSuper in 2010, she currently serves as the head of alternative investments and ...

Royal London AM launches four new funds locally

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... diversified portfolios designed to perform across market cycles, underpinned by rigorous valuation discipline and integrated ESG principles. The Short Duration Global High Yield Fund is the firm's first local fixed income offering. The fund is a defensive ...

Aware Real Estate, Barings acquire Home HQ Artarmon

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... solar installations and grey water recycling that both reduce operating costs, and future-proof the asset against narrowing ESG requirements, the firms' said. Located at 1 Frederick Street in Artarmon, the retail centre was built in 2010 and stands at ...