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Equipsuper restructures investment team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
... Equip as head of responsible investments; she has more than 10 years of experience in sustainability and responsible investment. Most recently Pettigrew was BT Financial Group's head of ESG and sustainability. At Equip, Pettigrew will work to ensure ...

Ethical ETF popularity soars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
Demand for ethical ETFs continues to surge, surpassing $8 billion, according to BetaShares. Total ethical ETFs listed on the ASX and Cboe are more than $8.5 billion, with BetaShares' range of ethical ETFs constituting nearly half, according to BetaShares ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... concentrated portfolio will be cheaper to run, and more manageable for us when looking to identify and engage on responsible investment issues," Gilmore said. "Making this shift in a way that will not have a detrimental impact on investment returns has ...

Crescent Wealth invests in water rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... Pinnacle's Riparian Capital Partners. The investments are held by Crescent Wealth's socially and environmentally responsible investment options in funds managed by Riparian, which invests in perpetual water right entitlements and then sells or leases ...

Cbus appoints head of responsible investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... investing strategy and priorities," chief investment officer Kristian Fok said. "The strength of Cbus' internal responsible investment team reiterates the importance of building internal capability and expertise so that ESG remains an integrated part ...

Nanuk welcomes senior investment analyst

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
Nanuk Asset Management has expanded its sustainable investment team with the appointment of Marie Miyashiro as its senior investment analyst. Miyashiro, based in Sydney, will commence the newly created role next Friday. She will join the team alongside ...

Tattarang invests in future of Australian healthcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... "Tenmile is another demonstration of our focus in using capital as a force for good and will apply Tattarang's responsible investment framework, including backing female founded and led health businesses," Forrest said.

FSC guidance looks to eliminate greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... said objectives. The FSC guidance calls on investment managers to also disclose the fund's formalised responsible investment strategy and approaches it will utilise to meet net zero objectives (if it has one). It's also important to ensure funds ...

Responsible managed funds outdo markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
The responsible investment managed funds market in Australia and New Zealand experienced 43.6% annual growth, outperforming the wider market. Plan For Life research said on average, over the past five years, responsible funds grew 22% per annum compared ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... for profit clients across Perpetual's wealth business. Prior to working at Perpetual, Amanda led the responsible investment and ESG research function for MLC Advice as a senior investment analyst and also worked in institutional business development ...