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Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... of ESG data and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the investment process and managed the firm's active stewardship activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a background in climate science, sustainability ...

Australian Unity offloads property fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... expertise in property funds management and the robust investment framework established by PIF, under Australian Unity's stewardship, over the last 25 plus years. "The Australian Unity Property Income Fund is renowned for its focus on stable and regular ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... of the funds management business. Bradshaw is a former member of a PRI advisory committee tasked with designing a stewardship initiative for nature. Last November, CareSuper merged with Spirit Super to form a fund with $53 billion in assets under man ...

Australian Ethical calls out QBE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... term and further threatening its ability to provide general and commercial insurance at the current scale." Ethical stewardship lead at Australian Ethical Amanda Richman said the investment manager is calling on QBE to disclose how much of its current ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... housing or infrastructure that fails short of performance benchmarks could "weaken confidence" in the Future Fund's stewardship, it warned. Moreover, if performance falters, "the temptation to scapegoat political interference will grow." "Strong ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit aggregation to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... complementary partner..." Franks said. Warakirri applies an investment philosophy that views the sustainable and responsible stewardship of agricultural assets as fundamental to maximising value and generating competitive returns. The farmland fund ...

Allegro sells Questas stake for $375m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... Largier said. "The Questas business is on an exciting trajectory, and we look forward to its continued success under the stewardship of Five V." Taylor and the existing management team will continue to lead the business and drive the next phase of growth ...

APRA hits ANZ with $1bn capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... the chair. They have assured me that they are fully committed to the undertakings in the CEU and will provide strong stewardship to ensure a successful remediation program." Under the terms of the CEU, ANZ has agreed to appoint an independent reviewer ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... leaders, you have enormous capacity to successfully make a contribution to combating modern slavery," Evans said. "Strong stewardship involves getting curious and asking not what actions you took, but rather what you achieved as a result of those actions. ...

CBRE taps industry veteran for research head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... Kohli acknowledged the progress made by the research team and processes over the past 10 years under Barkham's stewardship and wished him all the best in the future.