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Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Australia is one of the world's savviest and highest-performance institutional investor markets, and the way it has embraced climate active and ESG investment strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and ...

BNP Paribas names APAC head of stewardship

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... where she spearheaded global initiatives including the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, the Paris-Aligned Investment Initiative, and the Investor Agenda. She also launched and led AIGCC's Asia Utilities Engagement Program, a collaborative engagement ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... instruments "where it is cost effective and efficient to do so." The fund is a signatory to the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative's Net Zero Asset Owners Commitment.

Investors seek inflationary refuge in diversification strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
A bfinance quarterly Manager Intelligence and Market Trends report has shown that investors have sought enhanced sources of real return to combat rising inflation. The first quarter of 2022 has created a period of renewed uncertainty as investors grappled ...

NZ Super Fund excludes Russian debt, state-owned holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... and meet the threshold for conduct that would see them excluded". According to Mindful Money, an ethical investment initiative by Sustainable Initiatives Aotearoa, New Zealand investors including the NZ Super Fund and ACC held about NZ$100 million in ...

Australian Unity investments GM to depart

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
The executive general manager of investments at Australian Unity Wealth is departing in mid-September as the business looks to restructure the role and the responsibilities of the chief executive. Geraldine Barlow joined Australian Unity in May 2016 ...

Boutique expands investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... including guiding the firm on its obligations as a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment initiative.

Australian Unity hires from QIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
Australian Unity has appointed a portfolio manager for its new healthcare investment initiative. Victor Windeyer has been appointed portfolio manager to lead the development of a new healthcare investment focussed initiative within the funds management ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... emergency funds announced only three days earlier; the European Union plans to launch a €37 billion euro investment initiative, allow flexibility on budget deficits and use €1 billion in funding to guarantee company loans. The Australian government ...

Pension fund appoints new investment lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
A $228 billion US pension fund has appointed a new chief investment officer after 25 years at the fund. Jerry Albright is stepping down as chief investment officer at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas this month. He will continue to serve as senior ...
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