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Canberra acts on billion-dollar net zero plan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... also get an Energy Industry Jobs Plan. Investors welcome to move, warning a vacuum of authority causes project delays. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) CEO Louise Davidson said the net zero transition is "the most significant transformation ...

Indigenous communities reunited with $25m in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... part of the foundation's latest Impact Report, which also shows it helped 2160 individuals with super, banking and government services in 2023. This was up from 1600 the year before. It also increased the number of organisations trained through its ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... as an attractive destination for international capital and incentivise investment in the energy transformation. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) welcomed the development. Managing director and CEO Mark Rigotti said the rules will ...

Fund managers "eagerly" await green Treasury bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... issued between April and June 2024 by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) on behalf of the Australian government. The bond will mature in June 2034. The institutions will lead an investor roadshow across Australia, the UK, Europe, and ...

Key sector could boost economy by $100 billion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Sharath Sriram made the case at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday. STA represents more than 225,000 Australian professionals. As a percentage of GDP, the nation's research and development spending has been in decline for over a decade ...

Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Kado Muir, co-chair of the FNHPA and Ngalia cultural and community leader, said the new guides mark a new period in Australian business relations. Merle Ashburton, chair of the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation and representative of the Traditional Owners ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... (RIAA), in partnership with the member-owned bank Teachers Mutual Bank Limited alongside investment management firm Australian Ethical. The report, From Values to Riches 2024: Charting consumer demand for responsible investing in Australia, surveys 2,003 ...

Super battle on impact investing and returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
A new campaign urges Australian super funds to finance ESG matters, as asset owners push back against such member demands. The #5by25 campaign hopes to bolster institutional capital and raise public and private investment in projects that deliver measurable ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... savings. About 160,000 women enter menopause each year in Australia. "As a direct result of menopause, around 20,000 Australian women will at some point switch from full-time to part-time work, around 10,000 will leave the workforce and return later ...

Members shouldn't carry energy and housing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... executive at Australia's largest superfund with A$300 billion AUM. Speaking at the closing panel session of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference on Thursday, Schroder was joined by two other industry titans - Sam Mostyn ...