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Zenith completes rollout of ESG classification framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Zenith Investment Partners has finished identifying almost 900 funds against its responsible investment classification. Zenith has assessed 878 funds on its approved product list (APL) against its responsible investment framework, which works on five ...

ASX200 CEO pay drops to lowest levels in more than decade: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The CEO of CSL's pay jumped by more than a third in the 2020 financial year, but overall pay outcomes for ASX200 CEOs fell to their lowest levels in more than a decade. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) published its 20 th edition ...

Super funds file Modern Slavery Statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... you're an investor or an organisation, the work has been on finding the risks," Carlsson said. "I don't think Australia is there yet, but once you've done that, the question is then, what have you done about that. For us as active managers ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... process, and have selected gender equality, climate action and reduced inequality as the three key goals. "We see corporate Australia as having a critical role to play in this," Bailey said. "Corporates across the ASX200 employ two million people, and ...

CEO, board salaries cops COVID-19 hit: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... directors and senior management were not immune to the economic impacts of COVID-19, with the Governance Institute of Australia finding that fewer CEOs received salary increase and bonuses falling as well. The Aon and Governance Institute of Australia ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... debt finance package of $33 million, to build the $45 million state-of-the-art recycling facility. Circular Plastics Australia (CPA) will be Australia's largest PET plastic recycling plant and only the second facility of its kind in Australia to process ...

Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has found that more than $1.1 trillion worth of professionally managed money in Australia is responsibly invested. However, the term 'responsibly invested' is not yet fully understood and is open to interpretation ...

HSBC AM takes stake in women-owned ESG investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... an additional strategic partner to assist with infrastructure and distribution in the US and key markets, including Australia. Ridley and McDonald launched RadiantESG last year and told FS Sustainability at the time that their goal was to find a partner ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... say we'll get another form of credit and BNPL becomes another form of that. It is absolutely a major concern for us. Australia has one of the highest levels of debt in the world and this is adding to it." Afterpay differentiates its product from consumer ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Industry super fund Hostplus has replaced three board members and one alternative director, with one departing director facing a campaign from climate activist group Market Forces. Peter Collins, an independent director, Mark Robertson and Mark Vaile ...