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New energy benchmark guide for instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... index is a joint initiative between ClimateWorks Australia, the ClimateWorks Foundation (US), and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS). ClimateWorks Australia head of research Amandine Denis said the top performing companies had ...

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... 51%, up from 45% last year. Bank managers were sixteenth with 30%. Nurses, pharmacists, doctors, engineers and school teachers took the top spots with high court judges (8), university lecturers (10), lawyers (13) and ministers of religion (13) all ahead ...

Credit Union enters super through platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... implemented by five institutions including Defence Bank, Qantas Credit Union, Hunter United Credit Union and Victorian Teachers Mutual Bank.

International pension funds buy London City airport

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... takeover battle for London City airport with an offer of about £2 billion ($3.9 billion). A consortium made up of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), Borealis, AIMCo and Wren House, an infrastructure investment vehicle owned by the sovereign wealth ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... Market Forces cites global reports about asset managers recently divesting from coal, including the California State Teachers Retirement Fund and Allianz. The activist group has also overhauled its Super Switch website which profiles more than 40 superannuation ...

CFAs told ASIC is for the consumer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... financial literacy from K-12. So far 35% of the nation's 10,000 schools have engaged in the program. And to date 14,000 teachers have undertaken professional development in financial literacy," Medcraft said. The ASIC chair said that according to Roy ...

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... billion) California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento, and the $184 billion ($253 billion) California State Teachers' Retirement System, to liquidate holdings in thermal coal companies by July 1, 2017. As of June 30, 2015, the fund was ...

AB appoints regional manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... business development manager. Prior to that, he held a similar role at Aviva/MLC. He has also held roles at Victoria Teachers Credit Union and ANZ. At AB, Nguyen will report to AB national retail sales manager Ben Moore. "We're delighted that Stephen ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... supporters when HESTA made public its decision to divest. NGS Super has over 101,000 members, many of which are school teachers: "If we went out and did a poll, I know what the answers would have been," Rodwell-Ball said. But he added that the fund can't ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... American pension funds embracing activism are California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP). Credit Suisse analysed the Australian companies that ...