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Hold super accountable for miners' actions: Future Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... UniSuper has also funded the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre's year-long research project into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and the superannuation system, which recently published its final report, finding that streamlining the ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... investment from the government which is being deployed in line with its investment mandate. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund ("ATSILS Fund") established in February has returned 1.3% since then. "From 1 October 2019 ...

Banks sluggish on Indigenous financial inclusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... attitudes towards money, a new report from the First Nations Foundation reveals. Of the 620 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people interviewed, a staggering 75% had some difficulty accessing help from financial services providers in the ...

Industry pledges Uluru statement support

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... the second anniversary of the Uluru Statement's creation. It was created by over 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders who met at the foot of Uluru to sign the statement. Sunsuper and AustralianSuper were the only two super funds to sign ...

Future Fund crosses $150 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... Australia Fund, nation-building funds (Building Australia and Education Investment) and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund (ATSILS Fund). The $9.6 billion medical research fund picked up its performance and returned 3.7% ...

Christian Super launches reconciliation action plan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... (RAP), demonstrating a commitment to better recognising and understanding issues faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Christian Super chief executive Ross Piper said: "As a superannuation fund there are many practical ways we can ...

Treasury proposes standardised default insurance definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... reduce the need for members to engage lawyers when making a claim. Separately, the barriers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) peoples face when making superannuation binding death benefit nominations is open for consultation until May 24. ...

Indigenous super access needs improvement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... chief executive Eva Scheerlinck is urging the industry to improve the super experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people. Scheerlinck appeared on a panel at the recent Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) stating that one of super's ...

Perpetual announces Fulbright scholar

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... opportunities for Indigenous university students. "In his role, Davids supports thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to obtain a university degree, pursue professional employment, become leaders of industry and role models for ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... months, the same as its benchmark target. On February 1, the Future Fund also took over the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund (ATSILS Fund), which was established with a capital contribution of $2bn transferred from the Aboriginal ...