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Australian Ethical lead returns to CoreData

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... a decade. Angus Dennis has moved back to CoreData to lead responsible investment and ESG, after a two-year stint at Australian Ethical Investment. Dennis led CoreData's self-managed super fund research initiatives back in 2013. He joins CEO Andrew ...

Philanthropic donations under scrutiny

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Voice to Parliament was defeated 60-40 in October 2023. Any donation over $15,200 in a referendum must be declared to Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Some companies that made the list have policies that ban political donations. The Yes campaign ...

Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... satellite imagery data that informs Australia's national greenhouse accounts, analysed by researchers from the Australian National University, data analytics firm Haizea Analytics Pty Ltd, the University of New South Wales, and the University of ...

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 ...

Impact investing drops down the list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... for Millennials, 11%; and for Gen X, 9%. Baby Boomers remained the same. Healthcare was the top impact concern for Australian investors in 2023 at 33%, followed by the environment at 26% and education at 12%. A third of Aussies (35%) cited economic conditions ...

Indigenous communities reunited with $25m in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
The total superannuation found by First Nations Foundation on behalf of Indigenous Australians now comes in at $25.2 million. In 2023, the foundation reconnected First Nations people with $1.2 million, bolstering the total found. The superannuation ...

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
... of the first June 2034 green Treasury bond. The green bonds are set to be 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 ...

ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland has admitted the regulator can't fight every battle of misconduct, but that doesn't mean it's not watching. Speaking at the Blockchain APAC Policy Week event ...

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 ...