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BlackRock appoints head of iShares, index investment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... said with nearly a decade-long track record in building the local BlackRock franchise and over 20 years of investment industry experience, Collins has an in-depth understanding of the needs of all types of Australian investors. "From wealth advisers ...

TCorp appoints head of investment stewardship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... processes. Brentnall said he is delighted to have Cheang on board. "She has long and deep experience in the investment industry and ESG, with prior careers at a major asset manager and a global investment consultant, spanning Australia, the UK and USA," ...

BTIG opens new office, hires leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... event-driven sales trading. He joins from Société Générale and brings more than 15 years' experience in the investment industry. Commenting on the new office and the appointments, BTIG Australia chief executive and co-head of BTIG Asia Pacific Andrew ...

Advisers can help female clients 'break the bias'

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... they are not sure what to do from here." She said this presents a significant opportunity for the finance and investment industry in Australia to step up and do more to support women in this goal. And while it's great to see how far society has come ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... ESG funds that gender just isn't taken into account as much as it should be, and I do think it's because the investment industry is so male dominated," she explains. "Also, I think Australia often follows global leaders in ESG. So ESG fund managers here ...

CFA Institute says focus on culture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... trustworthiness. "Culture is shaped by top-down organisational messages and bottom-up team experiences. The investment industry has an opportunity to build more effective teams through the power of inclusion that values the benefits of diversity," Carroll ...

Australian Investment Council chief executive steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... for me to step-aside and enable a new leader to help write the script for how Australia's private capital investment industry can make an even bigger contribution to the economy and our community in the years ahead."

Investors reveal strong appetite for real estate in 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... Vehicles and the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) provides insight into expected trends in the real estate investment industry. Findings from the survey reveal that the majority of this new capital will come from European investors (52%), while ...

Governance tops ESG priorities: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... (88%) lead the pack, followed by the UK (63%) and Asia excluding Japan (60%). The survey also found that the investment industry continues to suffer from a lack of diversity. Just over 260 firms canvassed have less than 20% female leaders, with female ...

CFA Institute launches new ESG standard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... providers." Carroll added that the standards could assist in combatting greenwashing, an ongoing concern for the investment industry.