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Natixis hires sustainable investing lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Natixis Investment Managers has named a new global head of sustainable investing who joins from affiliate Mirova. Nathalie Wallace joins on September 1 and will be responsible for leading the fund manager's ESG commitments across its distribution ...

Prince urges funds to join sustainability initiative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... we will be launching nine additional industry transition alliances to catalyse transformative action and investment at a global scale," he said. "By triangulating country priorities, industry priorities and investment priorities, we have a unique opportunity ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... pension system among developed countries, according to Wills Towers Watson. The firm's Thinking Ahead Institute 2021 Global Pension Assets Study said Australia's thriving pension system boasts an 11.3% per annum growth rate as a result of its ...

Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... degree in electrical engineering and computer science, Bezos worked for several Wall Street companies. He left his job at global investment company D.E. Shaw to launch the online retail business. He turned the business into a multi-billion-dollar empire ...

LaSalle joins 2050 club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... governance (ESG) integration has seen the business refocus its sustainability program, using this positive momentum to create a global carbon strategy to achieve NZC alongside other important sustainability goals," it said. LaSalle chief executive Jeff ...

IFM jumps on net zero bandwagon

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... putting in place targets at Australian assets to reduce emissions by 200,000 tonnes by 2030, and developing targets for global assets. In addition it said it is investing in renewable energy projects to help power assets and establishing Nala Renewables ...

AUSTRAC releases guidance on wildlife trafficking

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... that are often fatal," she said. "These traffickers are also often involved in other organised criminal activities that impact our community, such as identity and financial fraud." The financial crime guide aims to educate the businesses AUSTRAC regulates ...

Link suffers in COVID environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... legislative change," it said. Additionally, McMurtie said the business successfully completed its transformation into five global business units. "Whilst the COVID- 19 pandemic has delayed the benefit realisation expected, Link Group delivered $14.7 ...

Westpac offloads vendor finance business

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... to providing solutions to companies that can benefit from our integrated financial and operational expertise," Cerberus Global Investments president Lee Millstein said.

Northern Trust launches ESG capability

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
Global custodian Northern Trust announced it has redeveloped its environmental, social and governance analytics capabilities to now include key environmental data categories. Northern Trust's clients, many of which are asset owners such as pension and ...