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ASX200 boards near gender target: ACSI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... but the jury is still out on whether this will have an impact on financial performance. Several organisations including HESTA, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), have been campaigning for '40:40 ...

AustralianSuper, HESTA acquire majority stake in housing developer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
AustralianSuper and HESTA have taken a majority stake in a new housing company that seeks to provide institutional investors stable, long-term returns through large-scale housing investments across Australia. The new company, backed by the industry ...

Women continue to lag in asset management

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... partners with Rest Super, Australian Ethical Investments, Australian Retirement Trust, Aware Super, Colonial First State, HESTA, Mercer, QIC, TCorp, and UniSuper. New research tracks three years of workforce data at 22 firms, assessing appointments ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Adamantem Group, Ardea Investment Management, Aviva Investors, BNP Paribas, AustralianSuper, Aware Super, Future Group, HESTA, and UniSuper, also signalled broad support.

Data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... private markets assets, according to McKinsey - that is more than 50,000 assets. Among its 250 fund manager clients; Aware, HESTA, and IFM Investors. The increase in demand is part of a push to base reporting and investment decisions on real data - and ...

Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
HESTA and BHP are set to pilot a new First Nations-led plan under development for the private sector, as the group behind the scheme works with Canberra to update cultural heritage laws. Investors face financial, legal and reputational risk if they ...

Super battle on impact investing and returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... recent Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference representatives from Industry Super, Aware Super and HESTA pushed back - telling the crowd that financing the energy transition and solutions for the housing crisis were not in the ...

Members shouldn't carry energy and housing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... by two other industry titans - Sam Mostyn, chair at Aware Super, and Sonya Sawtell-Rickson, chief investment officer at HESTA - to challenge the misguided debate about the purpose of superannuation. "There's no doubt that super funds will play a ...

Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... 36% of all ASX300 companies are yet to set gender composition targets, according to 40:40 Vision chair Debby Blakey. The HESTA initiative encourages ASX300 companies to achieve a gender balance of 40% men and 40% women in executive leadership teams by ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... initiative, to call for such a scheme. IAST APAC is made up of investors including Australian Retirement Trust, First Sentier, HESTA, REST, Ausbil, Ethical Partners, and Challenger. The group argues that business models and supply chains that rely on ...