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Vision Super in hot water over coal investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... are once again invested in Whitehaven Coal, one of Australia's worst climate wreckers," Market Forces superannuation funds campaigner Brett Morgan said. "By scrapping its coal exclusion policy, Vision Super is out of step with member expectations ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSD Australia), and Responsible Investment ...

ASFA partners with First Nations Foundation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has announced a new learning partnership with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to deliver cultural competency training for members. This new partnership will give ASFA members access to FNF's culture ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty said at the Australian Shareholders' Association Conference yesterday that addressing the supply side of the housing crisis requires an infusion of private capital. ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA), 88% of Australians expect that their banking and superannuation funds will be invested responsibly and ethically, and 65% would be motivated to save more if they knew their investments were doing ...

Canberra's new plan a winner for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... productivity, and attract capital, investors say. The new on-shore manufacturing laws give the green light for superannuation funds and other institutional investors to reach their billion-dollar climate funding targets, crowding in capital to the nation's ...

Minorities to have bigger say under Positive Duty regime: Rio Tinto

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... diversity groups around how work facilities get tailormade for them so they feel safe." Another problem facing superannuation funds is the level of underreporting by the companies they invest in. A national survey found that only 18% of those who experienced ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... been directed to consider how other jurisdictions support workers. Recent statistics from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) show women who are unable to continue working during menopause and are forced to retire around five ...

Greenwashing remains a priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... in Melbourne. More than 380 attendees, mostly C-suite to board executives from the country's largest superannuation funds, gathered to hear several of the country's financial services industry heavyweights talk about a host of ESG issues. A recurring ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... 64 is $211,996 for males and $158,806 for females, according to November 2023 data from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. The initiative is part of the government's new national strategy for gender equality, Working for Women ...