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Gender pay gap costs economy $66bn: KPMG Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... 26% to the pay gap. Some 55% of the pay gap was driven by gender-related influences such as discrimination and recruitment bias. The HILDA data also showed women were more likely to be employed on a casual basis or working reduced weekly hours compared ...

Nanuk AM hires former Lazard distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Lazard Asset Management's former Australian retail sales chief has landed at a global equities specialist. Nanuk Asset Management has appointed Ben Granbery to a new role as key account manager. Based in Sydney, Granbery is tasked with continuing ...

ESG-informed investing does not lead to positive sustainability: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... testing methods using more than 200 ESG metrics by moving beyond the 'backtesting' approach, which suffers from hindsight bias, to evaluate ESG's investment potential. It found that ESG information shows promise in traditional backtests with a 25% increase ...

'Staggering' gender perception gap persists: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... men - more than double the percentage of men (13%) who see it that way, Robert Walters said. Further, 67% of women cited bias and opportunity gaps for the main causes of gender imbalance in leadership, compared to just 28% of men. "A further gender divide ...

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... might expect. "We need to be able to take those risks in the interest of the organisation. That is my concern, that you will bias everything so much more short term," Long said. What is also valuable for boards and the wider organisation are directors ...

Future Super, Verve to overhaul investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... leadership; and paid parental leave. However, the approach is slightly updated; the portfolio also now creates a positive bias towards companies that hold a current Workplace Gender Equality Agency Employer of Choice Citation. A Verve member with $50,000 ...

Impact investing needs instos to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... panel. One of the reasons, Halpern said, is when impact investors speak to institutional investors they tend to come with a bias, such as an "impact-first bias" as opposed to being "financial first." Therein lies the tension - can those in the impact ...

New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Papua New Guinea. Good Return head of Asia and impact investments Diana Tjoeng said the new fund will address the gender bias in the financial sector and its engagement with small businesses. "Small businesses in the Asia Pacific form the backbone of ...

What to expect in 2025

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... infrastructure over the next few years, meaning investors will need to pay close attention to potential misuse, errors and bias, intellectual property theft, environmental impact and safety risks. However, the technology may be a boon for investors when ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Latest fund data show ESG funds were hit hard by outflows in the June quarter, but some strategies and fund managers are thriving. Australia and New Zealand sustainable funds suffered $1.2 billion in outflows (US$800 million) in the three months to ...
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