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Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... government needs to do more stimulation as its recent fiscal stimulus measures - reductions in personal income taxes and social security contribution fees for companies and increased spending on infrastructure and environmental projection - as well as ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... animal exports, old growth logging, animal cruelty, bribery, intensive agriculture, environmental destruction, polluting, social harm and poor corporate governance including all-male boards. Meanwhile Hostplus and HESTA achieved lower than expected ratings ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... Investing. Following the purchase, The Sustainability Report will become Rainmaker's key B2B title in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment and corporate sustainability space in Australia, while Audacious Investing will become ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... collated its responses into two pages. This included inputs from its retirement income, tax analysis and the housing team in social policy division. It made general and specific comments on Grattan's draft report including on treatment of CIPRs ...

Investors must monitor social mood: Nikko

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Nikko investment director in global equities Iain Fulton says investors should be aware of the social mood and the social reputation the companies in their portfolios carry. At an investor briefing in Sydney, Fulton suggested investors look to the art ...

Boutique wins industry fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... Equities. "We have a clearly defined and formal investment process that assesses cash flow, balance sheet, management, social, environmental, country and industry risks for individual companies," Parkin said in a statement. "Our team has applied our ...

Major super funds caught in fraud scandal

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... assisting the AFP with its investigation but would not comment any further. Earlier today, HESTA released a statement on social media which reads: "You may have seen media reports naming HESTA among several super funds targeted by a cyber fraud ring." ...

AllianceBernstein wins industry fund mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... a fund like NGS Super, whose shared desire to provide long term investment options that produce broad environmental and social benefits for their members aligns directly with the core values of this strategy," he said. "Green MVE provides an opportunity ...

Allianz Retire+ to research retirement transition

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... Australians transitioning to retirement and focus on the impact of active planning across different buckets - health, wealth, social, cognition, emotional, and motivational - during transition. "Rather than just financial advice, early on in the process ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... and thoughtful team development and succession planning." Lastly, she hinted towards an increased focus on environment, social and governance factors from its managers. "Partnership and an open two-way dialogue are becoming even more important to us. ...