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Macquarie, Westpac invest in social enterprise fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... philanthropic organisations to enhance access to capital for social enterprises that provide jobs for disadvantaged Australians. The government will contribute $1.2 million to jointly launch the Social Enterprise Loan Fund (SELF) alongside other investors. ...

Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Qantas Super deputy investment officer has moved to Cambooya, the family office for the Fairfax family. Chris Grogan joins Cambooya in the same role. The investment professional was also Qantas Super's head of defensive assets. In that role, he ...

Team Super finalises leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Team Super has made two appointments to its senior executive team - a chief growth officer and a new finance chief. The new hires come one month after Sara Foreman joined as chief retirement officer from Aware Super. A former Australian Super executive ...

Climate Change Authority warns of nuclear bungle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... priorities and commitments." Solutions for Climate senior campaigner Elly Baxter said under Dutton's nuclear proposal, many Australians would lose their lives, homes and livelihoods due to climate change. On the first sitting day of the year, over 80 ...

Banks' culture, conduct has government committee 'deeply concerned'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... relation to whether they'd considered the impact of reducing lending to the gas sector on the price of gas for everyday Australians, the banks said they face a significant challenge in meeting stakeholder and customer expectations on this front while ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... balance for a First Nations man is $27,000, while for women it is $20,000. Common challenges faced by First Nations Australians in engaging with the super industry include lack of digital and financial literacy, lack of culturally trained staff, and ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Nikola Garevski has joined Victorian Funds Management Corporation as a senior equities analyst. Garevski landed at the $92 billion VFMC from AustralianSuper, where he was a senior risk analyst on an eight-month contract. Previously, he spent over four ...

Google's DEI dump may tank ESG score

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Google's decision to walk back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring initiatives will likely tank Alphabet's ESG score, exclude it from indices and funds, and impact investor demand. With several US firms rolling back DEI, there is ...

Super moves: Future Fund, QIC, Vanguard Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Super has been in market and we're proud of the progress we're making in bringing superannuation products to Australians that are low-cost, easy to understand, simple to invest in and straightforward to manage," she said.

Podcast: Overcoming barriers to financing the First Nations business sector with Jake Berthelot

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... tackling the topic of overcoming these barriers. Jake Berthelot is associate director of business advisory at First Australians Capital - an organisation which brings together private, public and philanthropic investment in Indigenous businesses. Berthelot ...