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Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData. The CoreData research obtained by Financial Standard seeks to capture ...

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
BlackRock senior managing director, head of global client business Mark Wiedman - who was regarded as a potential successor to chief executive Larry Fink - is exiting the asset manager. Wiedman is responsible for BlackRock's commercial relationships ...

Wellington client exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... financial services as a portfolio analyst at J.P. Morgan. Separately, Wellington's vice chair and head of sustainable investment Wendy Cromwell has been re-elected to the PRI Board for a third term. "Her dedication and expertise in sustainable investment ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
DWS has launched a sustainable infrastructure focussed Wholesale Australian Unit Trust for Australian private wealth managers in a partnership with S64, the alternatives fintech. The offering empowers financial intermediaries to distribute private markets ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
RQI Investors, an active quantitative equities manager within the First Sentier Investors Group, has promoted three senior staffers. Joanna Nash and Ron Guido have expanded their responsibilities as senior quantitative portfolio managers with promotions ...

Vanguard to pay $13m in greenwashing case brought by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... size of the penalty should send a strong deterrent message to others in the market to carefully review any sustainable investment claims."

NZ Super Fund names chief risk officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... Mitchell's expertise in risk management is "a valuable asset" in achieving this. "To achieve our purpose, Sustainable Investment Delivering Strong Returns to All New Zealanders, we need to take some risk," she said. "Understanding, assessing, and managing ...

US election outcome tops investor concerns: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
A new Natixis Investment Managers survey finds that the US election is the most significant risk to the market and could ultimately vary Australian superannuation funds' investment strategy. The 2024 Strategist Outlook, commissioned by Natixis ...

Future Super returns 10.1% to ethically minded members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... both products outpacing the expected median balanced fund return of 8.8%. Future Group said the use of sustainable investment screens provided a performance boost for both products, with neither invested in gambling, tobacco or weapons companies. For ...

AMP MySuper options power past double-digit returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... to take advantage of share market weakness. Nevertheless, diversification remains the key to delivering sustainable investment returns over the long term, she said. "We will be implementing our annual strategic asset allocation review later in the year ...