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Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A joint statement from deputy leader of the opposition Sussan Ley, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, and shadow minister for social services Michael Sukkar noted that the Coalition provided in-principal support for super on government-funded paid parental ...

Super gap to close in 2042

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Gender financial equality slowed in the past quarter; gender pay equality is expected by 2047 and ASX 200 equality equity by 2030. Overall, women are experiencing higher unemployment and underemployment. In the long-term however there is - albeit slow ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The legislation that will ensure superannuation is paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave is to be tabled today, with the super industry calling for its swift passage. The Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) ...

Shareholders to say 'no' to gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super funds including Childcare Super and Verve, are supporting the campaign, which is spearheaded by fintech ...

Pension fund dumps ESG benchmark for passive investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... of the number of shares compared with the top-ranked stocks in each sector covering 50% of market capitalisation of the parent index in the previous benchmark. Having used the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders since 2017, it said that annual reviews have ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
ANZ bank, fund manager Nuveen and the Australian Department of Finance and Trade (DFAT) are part of a steering committee backing Indonesia's move to raise $1.5 billion in gender-based capital by next year. The agreement was struck at a roundtable meeting ...

Ex-Moody's chief rejoins standards setter

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board and the Value Reporting Foundation into the IFRS Foundation. The IFRS is the parent of the ISSB, the independent private-sector body responsible for setting IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. This comes ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... analysis finds. Outperformance of global stocks in 2023 can largely be attributed to growth at Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla. Some of these stocks should not be considered suitable for sustainable ...

Subsidiaries must comply with Aussie regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Questions have centred on whether inbound Australian subsidiaries of international groups should report locally, where the parent or group is already making climate-related disclosures under one of those regulatory regimes. EY's May 2024 update on requirements ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
A whopping 80% of the gender pay gap can be attributed to women being paid less than men within the same occupation, a new economic analysis shows. After analysing tax data, economic research organisation E61 Institute compared men and women of similar ...