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Investment strategy lead joins Firetrail fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... to clients is one that I have a strong affinity with." "Australians are increasingly declaring the importance of sustainability in how they select their investments. The Firetrail S3 Global Opportunities Fund provides investors with the opportunity to ...

The top ESG themes for 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... their relatively low carbon emissions," BlackRock said. For local companies, Martin Currie said the emphasis on sustainability will continue to be a significant feature in 2022. "Issues around climate transition, modern slavery, biodiversity and non-financial ...

Retail super fund to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... has decided to wind up CUBS Superannuation, citing "commercial and regulatory developments that impact the future sustainability of the fund" as well as the best financial interests of members. The fund is due to be terminated on March 1 with the fund ...

New head of ESG at American Century

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... with a distinguished reputation in the industry." Prior to joining American Century, Hughes was the global head of sustainability solutions with Schroders. Previously, she was an investment director at Schroders. Before joining Schroders, Hughes held ...

PGIM Real Estate appoints ESG lead for APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... experienced ESG leader such as Julie, who will be a pivotal member of our growing team as we continue to accelerate our sustainability efforts in the years ahead." The appointment follows PGIM Real Estate's commitment to achieving net zero operational ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... companies are now excluded from UBS AM's suite of Climate Aware funds and its actively managed equity and fixed income sustainability funds. Nest will only consider investing in the companies again if they can demonstrate clear progress in preparing ...

Firetrail Investments launches global equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... expertise to their roles as co-lead portfolio managers. "The biggest investment opportunity in markets today is sustainability," Gray said. "Globally there are 28,000 companies listed.We have identified a universe of stocks that are set to benefit from ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Robert Almeida and research analyst Robert Wilson shared insights on the problematic side of the global push towards sustainability. "What is often lost in the current ESG narrative is financial materiality, which naturally affects asset prices," Almeida ...

Sunsuper ESG expert in new global role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... candidates takes on a newly created role with Eastspring Investments. Stuart Wilson has been appointed head of sustainability at the Singapore investment firm, effective 10 January 2022. He has worked in ESG at Sunsuper for the past decade, first as ...

New role for Cbus' Robbie Campo

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... that she hopes to see integrated reporting gain momentum in the superannuation sector. "I think with the focus on sustainability and on transparency, on both of those counts where I think funds are recognising there will be a significant focus in the ...