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Mercer's Helga Birgden departs after 18 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Helga Birgden is leaving Mercer after 18 years as a partner and global chair for responsible investment. She plans to dedicate her efforts full-time to helping boards with sustainability and the circular economy, ending 25 years in the field for the ...

Laws to limit US pension plans' use of ESG pass

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... anti-ESG bills that have been passed in the US since the Trump Administration commenced. The UN Principles for Responsible Investment previously said most anti-ESG bills "are based on misconceptions about responsible investment's purpose, its value ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
NGS Super has promoted Miao Yu to portfolio manager, currency and commodities. Most recently, Yu served as a senior investment analyst at the $17 billion fund for over two years, after joining in 2023 as an investment analyst. Previously, she worked ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... process, being "ethical and trustworthy" and delivering net performance. The diversity of personnel and responsible investment approach were two qualities that ranked lowly.

Super moves: ART, TCorp, Future Fund, QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... sustainability initiatives and reporting, and contributing to thought leadership and policy development on responsible investment within private markets. Previously, Volkmer held senior roles at several asset managers, including Wellington Management ...

Federation AM strengthens ESG oversight with fresh leadership

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... of responsible investments, to lead ESG integration across all of Federation's investment strategies. "Responsible investment shouldn't sit on the sidelines but needs to be embedded into how capital is allocated, how investments are managed and how we ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... Conference 2025 that the super fund has been considering global resilience as a key thematic when making responsible investment decisions. "We see this as a systemic risk, the same as climate change, the same as decent work would be systemic risks right ...

Sustainable investments jump 49% in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... sustainable trajectory, capital will remain incentivised to exacerbate climate change rather than address it. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) co-chief executive Estelle Parker said investors are increasingly taking their responsibility ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... Trust's (ART) Diversified Socially Conscious Balanced option had $18.7 million; Hostplus' Socially Responsible Investment Class A option had $15.3 million; Rest's Sustainable Growth option had $11.8 million; and CareSuper's Sustainable ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, ART, AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... large, high-performing teams." Meanwhile, just two weeks after joining the Future Fund as a manager in its responsible investment team, Rufimy Khoo has been appointed to the investment committee at First Australians Capital - Australia's first Indigenous-led ...