Former GMO exec creates marketing agency; partners with Moody's

Former GMO Australia head of business development and asset consultants Derani Brewis has founded third party marketing firm DB Funds Advisory.

Brewis left GMO Australia in late 2019 after more than 12 years with the organisation. Before GMO Brewis spent several years with BT Financial Group as a senior business development manager. She's also held senior roles with Rothschild Asset Management and Prudential Fund Managers.

DB Funds Advisory recently announced a partnership with Four Twenty Seven Partners, a Moody's affiliate that publishes climate data for financial markets. "Australia is on the frontline of climate change and has already suffered extended damage from bushfires and cyclones over the past years," said Emilie Mazzacurati, Four Twenty Seven's founder and CEO. "Investors are eager to understand their exposure to the physical impacts of climate change so they can better manage those risks."

"Many financial stakeholders are leading the way on climate change by taking a proactive approach to incorporating factors such as increases in temperatures, changes in water supply and demand, changes in rainfall conditions with potential floods, sea level rises and cyclone risks into their investment decisions," said Brewis. "I think Australians and New Zealanders generally appreciate that climate change cannot be ignored and that climate change analysis is increasingly critical to making informed investment and business decisions.

"Given this, I am excited to help bring Four Twenty Seven's climate risk data and unique analysis to financial stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand."