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Offloading assets is last resort in fight against slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Investors have been in the dark when it comes to uncovering slavery risks and understanding their role in remediation - but a new toolkit shines a light on the path forward. According to First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute, asset owners ...

Social-washing hides lapse in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Many investors are overstating impact while progress stalls on sustainable development goals (SDGs), according to Investors for Impact. The investment community plays a crucial role in achieving SDGs by leveraging the power of capital markets, says ...

Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... investment fees, transaction fees, insurance premiums, activity fees and performance fees. However, only 1% of Australians are aware that there are up to six fee types that most funds charge, including a performance fee charged by some. In 2021, Australians ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... setting a standard for others in the finance sector. AI and flexibility are important to our members and employers should be aware as they prepare offers that these clauses will become industry standards."

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis letter released this week counts leading super funds Aware Super, Cbus Super, HESTA and REST, and asset consultant JANA, among its signatories. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... ownership and all four phases developed. A number say they will vote to oust chair Richard Goyder in the next meeting, including Aware Super, Vision Super, Allianz Global Investors, Anima, CalPERS, Florida State Board of Administration, KLP and LGIM. ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Aware Super has recruited a senior analyst to join the $180 billion super fund's responsible investment team. Reporting to the stewardship manager Louise Bradshaw, Satoko Asai will contribute to developing and implementing Aware Super's stewardship ...

AustralianSuper unleashes raft of investment and fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... has unveiled a raft of changes to its investment exposures and fees which came into effect July 1, including its Socially Aware option. Across its MySuper, Choice and TTR Income products, the super fund has removed its exposure to listed infrastructure ...

Clean energy trends are "unstoppable"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Portfolio exposure to the clean energy transition is a vital tool in an investor's toolbox, amidst low overall growth which in some countries has turned negative or become unstable, a global investment manager says. The long-term trend toward electrification ...

Women continue to lag in asset management

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... IM/Pact. The diversity initiative partners with Rest Super, Australian Ethical Investments, Australian Retirement Trust, Aware Super, Colonial First State, HESTA, Mercer, QIC, TCorp, and UniSuper. New research tracks three years of workforce data at ...