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Discipline is key to good engagements: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
As super funds' portfolio grow, so too does the importance of engagement to ensure investments align with the portfolio requirements - but sometimes these interactions can get a little out of hand. Speaking at the JANA Conference 2025, Rest general ...

Accelerating green capital: What Australia's first sustainable finance taxonomy means for business

ILONA MILLAR, LILY MORTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... harm (DNSH) in respect of other key environmental objectives and meeting minimum social safeguards (MSS) for corporate governance, human rights and First Nations people's rights. The release of the Taxonomy is a significant development in Australia's ...

HESTA outlines priorities to ASX 300 boards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
In its annual letter to ASX 300 companies, HESTA has outlined three areas of priority as part of its commitment to active ownership. The three areas of priority are: an investment focus on global resilience, climate change and natural capital, and gender ...

Singapore pushes back climate reporting deadlines

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Regulators in Singapore have delayed mandatory climate reporting amid an uncertain global economic backdrop and to allow for smaller companies to get their compliance capabilities in order. The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and ...

Net Zero Banking Alliance on pause

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Following an exodus of members, the Net Zero Banking Alliance is pausing activities. On August 27, the NZBA Steering Group determined to hold a vote on moving away from a membership-based alliance to establishing its guidance as a framework initiative. ...

ASX-listed miner to pay $7.5m over whistleblower breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
ASIC has landed its first scalp in relation to whistleblower protections, with TerraCom Limited paying $7.5 million for whistleblower victimisation. In what was the regulator's first outcome for contraventions of whistleblower provisions, TerraCom ...

Philanthropic sectors want investment advisers to step up

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
A new study shows that the philanthropic sector is increasingly demanding investment advisers that can achieve the dual purpose of fulfilling strong financial performance and mission alignment. The Mission Meets Capital report canvassed trusts and foundations ...

Portfolio managers exit Stewart Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
The exit of three key portfolio managers at Stewart Investors has thrown ratings of several funds they managed into disarray. Sydney-based senior portfolio managers David Gait and Sashi Reddy, and Singapore-based senior portfolio manager Sujaya Desai ...

IGCC priorities heard at reform roundtable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Many of the priorities the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) took to the recent Economic Reform Roundtable were well received, including the need for a strong 2035 target. With its chief executive Rebecca Mikula-Wright in attendance, IGCC was ...

Vision Super sells down G8 Education holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... implications of the abuse, and heightened regulatory risk," Vision Super chief investment officer Michael Wyrsch said. "Good governance is vital in sectors where vulnerable people are being cared for, and we will be monitoring the broader private childcare ...