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Avetta Partners develops new social responsibility risks tool

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... highlights non-compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018, following updates to the Act and the 2023 statutory review. Many Australian businesses are grappling with increased penalties, stricter reporting requirements, and heightened due diligence ...

ART, QIC open new social housing as part of $150m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has delivered 92 new social and affordable homes in Brisbane as part of its $150 million investment in the Queensland Social Housing Fund. Essential workers and Queenslanders at risk of homelessness may be eligible ...

CEFC commits $70m to accelerate decarbonisation

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... underpins our energy and transport systems, we're helping to accelerate the lowering of emission across the broader Australian economy." CEFC's total equity commitments amount to more than $600 million across infrastructure funds and platforms.

ACSI releases updated Governance Guidelines

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released the 12 th edition of its Governance Guidelines. The document outlined the updated expectations of long-term investors on material governance and sustainability issues at listed companies. ...

Productivity Commission pushing for a circular economy

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
A recent inquiry by the Productivity Commission (PC) revealed Australia is discarding valuable materials and leaving recoverable resources untapped while generating significant amounts of waste, saying a national adoption of a circular economy is the ...

Oxfam calls for increased taxes on ultra-wealthy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The average Australian billionaires' wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the past year, or over $10.5 billion collectively, Oxfam research found. Globally, billionaire wealth jumped by over 16% in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year ...

Instos win big on Australian steel

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are backing Australian-owned steel producer BlueScope after it sensationally turned down a $13.2 billion takeover offer. AustralianSuper increased its holding in BlueScope Steel to 13.5% after SGH and Steel Dynamics launched ...

Vinva snaps up ECP executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... years ago, the firm signed a strategic distribution partnership with Magellan Asset Management to distribute the Vinva Australian Equity Fund and Vinva Global Equity Fund to wholesale and retail investors. Both are long-only systematic equity strategies. ...

Fairlight adds Sydney partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Fairlight Capital Partners has appointed a new partner as it continues to tap into the Australian adviser and family office markets. William George joins the employee-owned firm from his role as associate director of The Table Club, an Australian family ...

Fidelity names research director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... focusing on Asian investments. Before his three years as a portfolio manager, Gannamani worked as an analyst covering Australian banking, financials, consumer and retail stocks, while also tracking Indian industrials, utilities and real estate. He began ...