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The Sustainability Report relaunched as FS Sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Page, managing director of Rainmaker Group. Illustrating this, almost two thirds of Australia's investment and superannuation market - around $2 trillion - is managed by fund trustee boards and investment managers that are signatories to the United ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Communities is HESTA's latest announcement covering material social and environmental impacts. In June, the industry superannuation fund announced a plan to reduce the absolute carbon emissions in its investment portfolios by 33% by 2030 and move ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement actions. That same approach can assist investors that must report under the Modern Slavery Act, such as superannuation funds, fund managers and insurers, noted Shalini Samuel, financial sector engagement manager - Asia Pacific, Walk Free at ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... COVID-19 ESG-effect first observed at the onset of the crisis in March 2020." In the category of personal (balanced) superannuation fund options, Future Super's balanced index had a 5.3% return for the year. UniSuper's Personal Accounts - Sustainable ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Brightlight - a specialist impact investment firm headquartered in Sydney. Christian Super is a profit-to-members superannuation fund with over 28,000 members and $1.6 billion in funds under management, which are ethically invested in line with Christian ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... of Australasia of Nuveen. Kleinig noted that there has been interest from faith and mission-based organisations, superannuation funds and insurance companies. Nuveen manages over US$5.8 billion in public and private markets impact investing strategies ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... a risk in bond information statements. Barnden is the same lawyer representing Mark McVeigh in his suit against superannuation fund Rest for its alleged failure to address and disclose climate risk appropriately. He has taken on O'Donnell's case on a ...

Majority of asset owners identify ESG importance: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... completing the survey. There were 34 Australian investors in the asset owner survey, the majority of whom were superannuation funds, as well as some insurance companies and endowment trusts. Part of the survey focused on ESG trends. Of the 34 Australian ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... experts and proxy advisers aren't the only people looking at AGL's forthcoming remuneration package. When industry superannuation fund First State Super announced its Climate Change Portfolio Transition Plan, Liza McDonald, head of responsible investment ...

First State Super-backed Victorian fund makes first investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... stronger from this pandemic, we know it will require a combined effort from government and the private sector. The superannuation sector has an essential role to play." Last week, First State Super announced targets to reduce carbon emissions in its ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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