Jon Petie joins coaching team at Slipstream Group
Jon Petie has joined the financial planning firm Slipstream Group as a business coach.
Robeco partners with Ironbark
Ironbark Asset Management will now offer Robeco’s Emerging Conservative Equity, Global Developed Sustainable Enhanced Index Equity, and SDG Credit Income strategies to wholesale investors in Australia.
Hejaz Financial Services secures certification for Islamic Funds
Islamic finance provider Hejaz Financial Services has announced that four of its funds have been certified by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia.
PAC Capital acquires $250 million fund
Sydney-based private asset manager PAC Capital has acquired Clearwater Portfolio Management.
Government committed to taxonomy with ‘Australian accent’
The Albanese government is committed to an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy that will help accelerate investor capital towards Australia’s shift to net zero.
Lonsdale appointed new APRA chair
APRA is undergoing a changing of the guard with John Lonsdale taking over as chair from Wayne Byres at the end of October.
Using stewardship to bring about positive change
Super funds can influence change in the companies they invest in through engagement and proxy voting programs to achieve good outcomes for their members.
EP16: Alignment with managers the key to ESG integration
Skye King, head of ESG and Responsible Investment at NGS Super, and Fiona Mann, head of listed equities & ESG and LGIA Super and Energy Super – now Brighter Super, talk to Fiona Reynolds, chief executive, Conexus Financial about ESG and what it means to investors today. With ESG now in the mainstream, leading superfunds are turning to their relationships with managers to ensure responsible investment considerations are integrated at all levels of decision making. Making sure managers are best in class in seeking out responsible investment considerations is essential to integrating ESG into portfolios.
Equity portfolios impacted by YFYS performance test
The Your Future, Your Super performance test is having a wide impact on how asset owners and portfolio managers manage the most liquid part of an investment portfolio.
Why retirement income and advice go hand-in-hand
AMP’s retirement income product is the latest − but not the last – in a line of products that attempt to manage market, inflation and longevity risk, all in one box.
NZ responsible investing hits record $179 billion in 2021
The responsible investment market in New Zealand had a record year in 2021 according to the latest research by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia.
The conundrum of measuring impact
Impact investing – the deployment of investor capital to achieve a positive environmental or social impact – has grown rapidly. But investors lack the tools and data to effectively and consistently measure the impact of their investments.
