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ASIC calls for feedback on disclosure regime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
From January next year, large companies need to provide climate-related financial disclosures in their annual sustainability reports - the regulator is seeking comment. To help businesses comply with the new requirement, the corporate watchdog this ...

Ethinvest reaches $100 million milestone

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Its three levels of managed portfolios across investment, super and pension style accounts have performed well. Its Conservative portfolio returned an average of 4.44% pa over five years to September 2024, the Balanced option 5.18% pa, and the Growth ...

Australian Ethical drops investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... lowered investment fees and costs for super members, effective 1 October 2024. Superannuation members invested in the conservative option will see fees reduced from 0.69% to 0.68%. Those in the growth option will see fees drop from 1.07% to 0.99%. Members ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Plus High Growth Option; Sustainable Plus Growth; Sustainable Plus Moderate Growth; and Sustainable Plus Conservative Growth. Mercer's board would typically approve investments in the options after considering advice from Mercer Investments ...

AustralianSuper unleashes raft of investment and fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... investment option, for example: High Growth - $387 to $382 Balanced - $382 to $387 Socially Aware - $422 to $412 Conservative Balanced - $367 to $362 Indexed Diversified - $157 to $142 In addition to the investment and fee changes, AustralianSuper has ...

Philanthropic donations under scrutiny

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... campaign groups. The biggest donation was the Paul Ramsay Foundation's $7.01m to AICR. The No camp was led by conservative lobby group Advance and its fundraising vehicle Australians for Unity. No campaign groups received more than $25m and spent ...

Key sector could boost economy by $100 billion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... that 3 per cent of GDP in R&D right now, the economy would be $100 billion and 42,000 jobs better off. And this is a conservative estimate," said Sriram. "To maintain our standard of living, Australia must increase R&D expenditure to 3 per cent of GDP ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
An independent review to be released next month will inform how Canberra moves forward amid criticisms of its Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme. Ahead of release, FS Sustainability has learnt the recommendations won't address modern slavery ...

What's exciting about water infrastructure?

TIM HUMPHREYS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... with sound management and appropriate gearing may offer stable asset values with a market yield and a steady but conservative growth profile that offers lower relative correlation to broad market equity returns. Regulated water companies offer elements ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... ambitious longer term targets and strengthening resolve on medium term targets, many respondents were still more conservative than what scientific recommendations suggest, particularly in respect to the 2035 target. 56% wanted a target of under 70% reduction ...