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Adviser award highlights need for women-centric advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... significant social and fiscal implications for us all." Clark referred to a 2006 report quoted on the Australian Human Rights commission website suggesting that half of women aged between 45 and 59 have less than $8000 in retirement savings. The AFA ...

ACCC gives go ahead to SGX-ASX deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... of the deal, with Greens leader Bob Brown going so far as to condemn the transaction on the basis of Singapore's human rights record. Nothing stirs emotions more than foreign takeovers, meaning the issue could become the first real test of the Government's ...

Aus Ethical donates $1m to charity

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) will use their $30,000 grant to fund a coordinator for their law program. The ASRC Human Rights Law Program has provided legal assistance to over 5000 asylum seekers since 2001. The ASRC has won 83 per cent of all legal ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
US-based pension funds and institutions are ramping up their proxy voting efforts across human rights issues with some positive results. The report, Proxy Voting on Labor Standards: A Case by Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder ...

Wesfarmers decision a win for ESG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... company engagement, Wesfarmers has decided to find other sources of a mineral from outside a region with a questionable human rights record after engagement from institutional investors including Christian Super. Wesfarmers agreed to significantly invest ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... at the Sydney Institute, Broderick, who is also commissioner responsible for age discrimination at the Australian Human Rights Commission, said women are unfairly deprived of decent superannuation savings because the average woman does not work as long ...

Amnesty highlights Shell governance shortfall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group is under fire from a human rights group for not disclosing key information around its operations in the Niger Delta - potentially exposing fund managers to unknown corporate governance issues. The Amnesty International letter ...

Amnesty pushes for fund review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... International linked the companies to providing revenue to the Sudanese government. This warning comes after the human rights organisation announced the firm is lobbying for Citigroup to use its investments to support calls for change in Darfur. In a ...

PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... companies, engage relevant stakeholders when necessary, adopt strong governance structures and consider the flow on human rights effects of their investment to name a few. PEC members include Apollo Global Management LLC, Bain Capital Partners, the Blackstone ...

Super funds fight for human rights

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Can super funds join forces to stop human rights abuses, improve the lives and rights of hundreds of people in just over a year? According to four Swedish pension funds, nothing is impossible. The Ethical Council of the Swedish AP-Funds, made up of ...