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Mega recovery on cards for sustainable funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability-orientated funds are on par if not slightly outperforming traditional funds. "Cycles happen, but it can be difficult for people to stay the course when they're in the inevitable trough. "It takes a while for people to notice performance ...

Offloading assets is last resort in fight against slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... the steps they can take at different stages of the remediation process," Grant said. There are an estimated 50 million people living in modern slavery worldwide. "Together, businesses and investors should increasingly seek to mitigate and prevent these ...

Impact investor boosts affordable housing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... systems. In another case study, Specialist Disability Accommodation service Liverty Housing was able to acquire 42 homes for people with disability and complex care needs. "We are often early movers into new sectors and are working to find innovative ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... week, including through a trial, during the course of the agreement. The pilot is to be conducted with a contained group of people and the details are yet to be finalised, however Insignia Financial said the parameters of the trial are to be designed ...

Modern slavery: Time for more action

MANS CARLSSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... by 2030. But data shows the estimated incidence of modern slavery has been rising, not falling (figure 1). The number of people living and working in modern slavery conditions increased from an estimated 40.3 million in 2016 to 49.6 million in 2021. ...

Rural slavery risk raises ESG alarm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Investors in rural industries may face reputational and legal risk, as a new report warns 16,400 people are trapped in modern slavery in NSW. Agriculture, horticulture and meat processing in rural and regional areas, as well as labour hire companies ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... housing," he said. "In practice, the scheme proposed by the Liberal and National Parties would be of little benefit to people in the 'traditional' first-home buyer age cohort of 25-34 years, because their accumulated superannuation savings are ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Aviva Investors and Boston Common Asset Management it found that forests directly support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people. According to the IGCC, investors should conduct risk assessments, make public commitments, set expectations of clients, perform ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... said the association fully supports the ban. "Australia's life insurers have never wanted to do anything to discourage people from taking genetic tests and accessing the information they need to make informed choices about their health," she said. ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... rights impacts. Furthermore, these human rights risks are investment risks and could lead to lower financial performance. People should investigate their own investments and engage their employers/retirement plans to reduce the human rights risks of ...