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Australian Ethical snaps up asset manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... merge their fixed income capabilities, expanding Australian Ethical's bond fund portfolio, and growing its sustainable investment team to seven. Australian Unity will also become one of Australian Ethical's largest institutional clients. The ethical ...

Wealth firms 'still have PTSD from the Royal Commission': Deloitte

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
To better understand global investor expectations and practices, Deloitte, in partnership with a global marketing agency, developed a report from a survey of 2000 investors and 250 wealth management providers. The report provided several calls to action ...

Australian Retirement Trust applies new investment exclusion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... portfolio by 2050. "Australian Retirement Trust applies exclusions in limited circumstances as part of its sustainable investment approach in accordance with members' best financial interest," a spokesperson said. "From 1 July 2024, and in line with ...

NZ Super Fund chief investment officer departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... processes and, as chair of our responsible investment strategy refresh, has been key to our shift towards a sustainable investment approach. "These enduring changes have helped to position us well to manage the ongoing growth in the fund." Gilmore said ...

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... claims made by companies in the financial services industry. It sends a strong message to companies making sustainable investment claims that they need to reflect the true position." ASIC and Vanguard will return to the courtroom on August 1 at which ...

Jo Townsend named chief executive of NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... known and respected globally as a high-performing institutional investor. "The Guardians' purpose - sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders - sums up the importance of the Fund to the country." Townsend will take up ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... sacrifice performance, which at one point in time might have been a justified stance. As illustrated below, sustainable investment trailed behind non-sustainable the aughts and early teens, but the last five or six years have seen that trend change meaningfully," ...

New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... board since 2016. He is currently chair of its employee policy and remuneration committee. "Our purpose, sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders, sets out clearly and simply why we are here and who we are working for. ...

Madigan Capital appoints head of investment capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... aligns with a growing interest among major investors in commercial real estate debt, seeking stable and sustainable investment returns in private markets. Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia reporting non-bank lending constitutes a minor portion of ...

SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
A former co-founder of Future Super has launched Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX), a share trading platform that combines activism and investing. SIX is co-founded by Adam Verwey, a former co-founder of Future Super, and Sophie Hall, an experienced ...