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Octopus launches renewable energy platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... co-investing into a multi-billion-dollar Australian renewable energy portfolio. The Octopus Australia Sustainable Investments (OASIS) Fund, open to institutional investors, and the Octopus Renewable Energy Opportunities (OREO) Fund, open to wholesale ...

TCorp appoints head of investment stewardship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... officer Stewart Brentnall. Cheang joins from Mercer where she was partner and acting global business leader, sustainable investments. Prior to that she spent almost a decade at F&C in a range of governance and sustainability roles and has also worked ...

New APAC institutional lead at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... also comes as abrdn marks 30 years of operating in the region. "abrdn is committed to being a leader in sustainable investments in the region. Vivian joining is part of our ongoing commitment to grow our presence in the Asia Pacific," Buehlmann said. ...

AMP continues to lose ESG investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... the third quarter. Vanguard (21.6%) and Australian Ethical (18.4%) continue to dominate Australia's sustainable investments sector, which currently has over $38 billion in assets, a whopping 73% jump year on year. The research house analysed 144 ...

UHNWs see net zero as business opportunity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... "the greatest commercial opportunity of our age". The ultra-high-net-worths surveyed said they expected sustainable investments to constitute, on average, 47% of their portfolios in 2022 and 54% in 2027. And, overwhelmingly, the wealthy understand that ...

Lessons from GPIF: Mizuno

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... Speaking at the Morningstar Investment Conference, United Nations special envoy on innovative finance and sustainable investments Hiro Mizuno was asked what Australian asset owners can do to strive for net zero when the regulatory environment is not ...

AXA hires from CFS

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... climate change representing our largest area of engagement in 2020. We are seeing growing momentum for more sustainable investments globally," Lacey said. "This is evident as AXA IM noted an increase in total FUM to AUD$500 million for the Sustainable ...

Milford hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... adviser community right across Australia." In November 2020, Milford appointed Marissa Rossi to head of sustainable investments and Jason Kururangi to senior analyst in the Australian equities team. In September 2020, Brooks joined to head up the Australian ...

AMP Capital real estate distribution head departs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... chief investment officer of equities David Allen, head of Australian equities Genevieve Murray, head of sustainable investments for equities Emily Woodland, chair John Fraser and group chair David Murray.

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... discretionary active portfolios because of the risk to client returns. Fink noted that the "tectonic shift" to sustainable investments is accelerating, and this transition presents a historic investment opportunity, particularly in the energy sector. ...