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SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... most stringent, requiring 5% of shares or 100 shareholders to file. At $1.54 trillion, Australia's responsible investment sector is a powerful block, but the effort required to gather shareholder support and file resolutions is out of reach for most ...

Cbus appoints head of stewardship

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
Cbus has appointed Steve Monnier as its new head of stewardship in the responsible investment team. Cbus head of responsible investment Ros McKay welcomed the appointment, saying that Monnier's extensive experience and expertise aligned well with the ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... have the ability to query us on our policies, our action plans and how we are tracking." Belinda White, responsible investment specialist at First Sentier Investors says mandatory gender pay gap disclosure will provide an additional data point beyond ...

Aware Super appoints head of public market equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... join one of the nation's leading super funds with an impressive returns track record and a leading responsible investment focus," Hong said. "Aware Super is celebrated in market as not only being purpose-led, innovative and agile, but offering exciting ...

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... enabled "meaningful investment" in back-office processes, important to maintaining its leadership status in responsible investment. However, while the many internal optimisations, including insurance harmonisation, play a part, Piper noted that a growing ...

Ethical ETF assets surge in 2023: Analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... responsible and ethical ETFs in 2023 stands in contrast to broader statistics - assets under management in the responsible investment industry dropped by nearly $250 billion in 2022, according to the latest Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Hostplus ups fees on socially responsible option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
Hostplus has notified members that the fees and costs for its Socially Responsible Investment - Balanced option are now "materially higher", blaming increased performance fees. The industry fund recently updated its Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) ...

QIC opens new international office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... "The combination of QIC's track record and government-owned heritage makes us well-placed as a trusted and responsible investment partner." Meanwhile, QIC executive director of client solutions and capital Ravi Sriskandarajah said a local distribution ...

Responsible investment key to wealth transfer conversation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
Advisers who incorporate responsible investment into conversations about intergenerational wealth transfer see higher client satisfaction than those who don't, according to new research from Australian Ethical. Australian Ethical released Opportunity ...

Gender pay gap a crucial diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... with a lot of these PAIs and looking at the companies reporting the data," said First Sentier Investors responsible investment specialist Belinda White. "Gender diversity has some of the highest and the lowest coverage rates when it comes to reporting. ...