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Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... and remediate harms where they are directly responsible. For banks, insurance companies, fund managers and superannuation funds, this is a complex because of the activities and relationships that can be conducted, including credit and debt and investment ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... barley, beef, wine, seafood, cotton and timber. At the same time as our domestic industries are being hit our superannuation funds are continuing to increase their investments offshore. In September 2013 for every dollar invested by APRA-regulated superannuation ...

Industry superannuation fund ESG options surpass $10 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... https://www.fssustainability.com.au/super-fund-esg-option-tops-charts-with-investment-returns?q=unisuper "Today, UniSuper is one of Australia's leading superannuation funds in the space, our history in incorporating ESG factors into all investment ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds need to set clear, transparent emissions reductions targets for their investment portfolios that are based on metrics that can be compared across the industry, according to recommendations from the Australasian Centre for Corporate ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... impact bonds (SIBs) ($66 million) and others ($44 million)." The study also finds that investors ranging from superannuation funds to family offices are indicating that they would like to increase their allocation towards impact investing by more than ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds with ESG characteristics show strong risk adjusted returns, according to new research from Rainmaker Information. Assessing median results of superannuation fund options, Rainmaker Information has found that ESG returned a median ...

Science-based targets key to addressing the world's biggest challenges

LOUISE WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... interests of members" is a board with strong and ethical governance. We hear the same sentiments from the superannuation funds and institutional investors we work with. For them, as for us, acting in members' best interest means putting ESG integration ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Refugees. Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker (2 October) The majority of major superannuation funds are not disclosing their portfolio holdings, according to research from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker's 2020 ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... concerns that the inquiry could have a chilling effect on the climate related targets set by banks, insurers and superannuation funds. Political interventions in financial services moves on climate risk are a feature of other countries. Earlier this ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... the final report on Juukan Gorge, stakeholders are making the case for the recommendations, including FPIC. Superannuation funds were quick to respond to the destruction of Juukan Gorge and also in reacting to the interim report. HESTA, the $56 billion ...