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Medibank issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Medibank shifted its 4,000 person workforce to working from home at the beginning of the crisis, including workers at its retail stores. It further hired an additional 680 temporary health professionals to support COVID-related telehealth services as ...

RIAA adviser guide aims at education in ESG space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
There is strong retail demand for responsible investing products, but the sector is still "confusing" and in need of both consumer and adviser education, according to a panel of experts. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Ethically Conscious line at the same time as it is also winding up its institutional investment business to emphasise to retail, adviser and its in-house super offering, as reported in sister publication Financial Standard. The Ethically Conscious suite ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Retail investment in sustainable financial products rose to $19.9 billion by the end of June 2020, a 21% increase on the previous year, according to research from Morningstar. Morningstar recently released a report, Sustainable Investing Landscape for ...

Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... would be. While highlighting the low rates of portfolio holding disclosure, Rainmaker noted "noteworthy exceptions" in the retail space - Australian Ethical and Future Super, which publish full listings of everything into which they may invest. Rainmaker ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Woolworths Group has committed to reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 63% by 2030 in targets endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In addition, Woolworths has committed to reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas ...

Coles signs Queensland renewable energy deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Coles will source more than 90% of its Queensland electricity from renewable energy sources after signing an agreement with state-owned firm CleanCo. The 10-year agreement between Coles and CleanCo commences July 2022 and will see Coles purchase 400 ...

Governance Institute backs recommendations for virtual AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... use of resources in what is likely to be a constrained economy of the next few years." Virtual AGMs have permitted more retail shareholders to participate in the governance event, however, before holding a virtual AGM, companies need to centre the preparations ...

Ardea, UTS partnership to bring AI to fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Founded in 2008, Ardea is a fixed income investment manager with over $15 billion on behalf of clients, across institutional, retail and wholesale investors. It is majority owned by employees, and partly owned by Fidante Partners.

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... by VanEck, and one fund each by BlackRock (iShares), Russell, and State Street. "It's fair to say that the passive retail market is dominated by a few players," said Aman Ramrakha, director of manager research, Morningstar. "There are limited players ...