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Inflation remains high priority in 2023: Treasurer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... real communities in an unfolding story of national economic success, true to our values, and in ways which strengthen our society and strengthen our democracy as well," he said. "In this defining decade, nothing could be more important."

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... the replacement cost of informal childcare alone would be $409.5 billion per year. "This is an enormous contribution to society that is not properly recognised as essential to the economy, with the cost borne mostly by women," it said. HESTA further ...

Gender diversity in investment management slightly improving: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... strategy adviser and author of the report, Mary McLaughlin said. McLaughlin's observation is backed by data from the CFA Society Melbourne, which recently reported that only 20% of its members are women, up marginally from 17% five years ago. "Achieving ...

Barrenjoey launches social purpose fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... Australia." "As one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, we're committed to helping solve problems for our community and society, while not compromising on our fiduciary duty to our members, and this investment is an innovative example of how ...

Cbus pledges $500m to support Housing Accord

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... property sectors. Institutional investment into affordable housing also allows funds to positively influence the economy and society, helping to improve capital formation, and increasing productivity, the report added.

First Sentier names global responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... and make sure that we were adhering to our principle purpose on the one hand, which is delivering better outcomes for society, environment and the economy and delivering better outcomes for our clients and working through what does that look like." Turner ...

AXA IM Alts launches BTR strategy, partners with NHFIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... sustainable and affordable new homes, while aligning with our broader ambition of investing with purpose to help improve society and quality of life." SGCH chief executive Scott Langford said that the group is excited to be bringing together institutional ...

The game changing trends planners should know about

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... lexicon until mid-2021. But already, McQueen said, we're seeing this significantly change a whole lot of areas of our society and the economy. "In fact, from a planning perspective, what's interesting, is that this is driving a whole new class ...

HESTA commits $240m to build-to-rent pipeline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... opportunity to invest in a developing portfolio of affordable projects, and in due course, completed assets." There are society-wide negative impacts associated with the housing affordability crisis, Daff added. "It was not that long ago we were worried ...

Affordable housing investments a win-win: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... at or above inflation. Institutional investment into affordable housing also allows funds to influence the economy and society in positive ways, helping to improve capital formation, and increasing productivity in the economy. However, despite the social ...