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Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015

... that cover employees of those facilities and the lengths the Australian government has gone to to dissuade media, human rights groups and politicians from visiting these locations, such a move is nothing short of astounding and demonstrates how seriously ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015

... that the organisation engages with companies on behalf of its members when they have concerns over issues such as human rights, corporate governance or executive remuneration. Transfield is one of the 140 companies that ACSI has engaged with during the ...

HESTA divests from Transfield

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015

... non-reviewable nature of detention at asylum seeker processing centres "breaches the fundamental principles of international human rights law." The findings do not fit with HESTA's environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy. "As a responsible ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER | FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015

... from the investment universe if they are involved in causing or perpetuating injustice and suffering; infringing human rights; supporting oppressive regimes; animal testing for cosmetic purposes; having unacceptable environmental management practices ...

HESTA manager to study women in super

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015

... best-placed to gather the support required for innovative thinking, for campaigning and for action," Broderick said. The Human Rights Commission has found that single elderly female households experience the highest levels of poverty and are at the greatest ...

Lonsec launches ESG metric

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015

... preference for ESG-minded investment - for example, avoiding investment in companies involved in climate change, human rights abuses, child labour, controversial weapons (defined as "cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015

... their stakeholders had ESG concerns. According to the report, the most common cited ESG issues were climate change, human rights abuses, child labour, controversial weapons (defined as "cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological ...

Christian super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014

... said. Christian Super has strict negative and positive screening policies on areas such as gambling, pornography, human rights and renewable energy. Australian Christian Super currently operates on an outsourced model. Under the merger it will essentially ...

Hunter Hall appoints head of retail sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014

... gambling outlets or systems, intensive animal farming, animal testing for cosmetics, activities that give rise to human rights violations, unremediated destruction of the environment, uranium mining and nuclear reactors." In one of its funds it also ...

Australian Ethical hires new Head of Ethics

ALICE URIBE | TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014

... advocacy, whereby companies are encouraged to improve their ethical behaviour across a number of issues, including human rights and climate change Prior to joining the St James Ethics Centre in 2011, Palmer worked in law, finance and investment, including ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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