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Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... had an almost 200% increase in the number of members joining in 2020, compared to 2019. "2020 has been a year where many people have taken a step back and realised the power that their superannuation has today," said Kirstin Hunter, Future Super CEO. ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... has more than 350 members managing more than $9 trillion in assets globally and is the largest and most active network of people and organisations engaged in responsible, ethical and impact investing across Australia and New Zealand. Members include ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
A proposed federal inquiry will examine the legality of banks and insurers' decisions to withdraw from lending or insuring mining projects on climate risk grounds. The big banks and regulators including APRA and ASIC are expected to be called to the ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Responsibility (ACCR). "In the years since, it's turned from something that looks like a positive benefit for Indigenous people, to something that may become no more than a PR exercise for companies and governments." Developing an FPIC regime that embodies ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Dennis, head of Robeco Australia. "What's happened in Australia in 2020, first the fires, then COVID, it's made people step back and say, hang on are we doing what we need to have a sustainable world," Dennis said. "The recent effects of what ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability grounds is challenging. Engagement can still be used as an instrument even while shorting stock, Lees said. "Some people think that engagement is only reserved for large, long only holdings where management feels they have to pay attention ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability activities as part of its investment activities. Every organisation can get very internally focused, and you need people to challenge you from the inside as well as the outside," said Roelfien Kuijpers, DWS' global ESG client officer ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... investment approaches even within investment as a challenge. But while standardisation is difficult, 'in order for people to be able to better compare products, it is also vital." Unlike the EU's green taxonomy, which was driven by government ...

Cromwell Property Group sets net zero carbon target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... certainly had to answer questions on, is COVID transmitted thru air conditioning systems, can we occupy lifts, how many people can go into bathrooms, if so, how, etc. There was a whole myriad of questions to be asked and they varied state to state." ...

Sharp increase in food waste: Rabobank Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... come from, and that lasted until there was a guarantee of supply in key items." There was an increase in the number of people using food delivery services in 2020, rising from 54% pre-pandemic to 61% currently, with more people using these services at ...