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Podcast: Nurturing diversity in investment management with Yolanda Beattie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... mid-level roles, but more work is needed. Beattie has noted that the twin trends of continued consolidation of superannuation fund and the growing internal investment teams at those funds presents an opportunity for the superannuation fund industry to ...

Cbus names new head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... integration and stewardship roles with South32, pensions regulators (in Australia and the UK), the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). She is a member of the Australian Sustainable ...

APRA chair highlights challenges of climate risk assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... released the results of a climate risk self-assessment survey which found that almost 40% of banks, insurers and superannuation funds say climate-related events could have a "material or moderate impact on their direct operations." 64 medium to large ...

Future Fund, UniSuper hire ESG execs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... price." Meanwhile, UniSuper has hired Jodie Barns as ESG manager. Barns joins the fund from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors where she has been specialising in climate risk and providing comprehensive research to super funds on how ...

No ESG drag seen in performance test results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... for the first time is Westpac Group Plan MySuper. The four that failed for a second time are Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's LifetimeOne, EISS Super's MySuper - Balanced, BT Super's MySuper and AMG Super. Australian ...

RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... have more work to do to develop their management of the financial risks to their operations, Kearns said. For the superannuation and managed funds sector, "asset valuation risk is typically born by the investor, not the trustee," Kearns said. "So while ...

Varying levels of progress on modern slavery: IAST APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... group comprising 37 investors with $7.8 trillion in assets under management, along with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Walk Free and the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) initiative, has issued its first annual ...

APRA releases climate risk assessment results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Almost 40% of banks, insurers and superannuation funds say climate-related events could have a "material or moderate impact on their direct operations," according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). APRA has published the findings ...

V-Square launches ESG index strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... opportunities associated with the low carbon transition while using the withholding tax rates applicable to Australian superannuation funds. "We looked at the Australian market and considered the Your Future, Your Super performance test and APRA regulations ...

NGS Super divests from oil and gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... mixed. "This is a giant step forward for the fund and its members, and raises the bar for climate action in the superannuation industry," said Market Forces superannuation funds campaigner Brett Morgan. "This policy does not rule out investment in all ...