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Industry fund signs stewardship code

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... not, why not' basis, in addition to publishing a stewardship statement. Industry funds AustralianSuper and HESTA made the pledge after the code was launched at ACSI's annual conference earlier this year, with AustralianSuper chief executive and ACSI ...

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? If we're talking about the US and China, it appears that the answer is that the immovable object (China) drops. China's Shanghai Composite index dropped to 2844.51 points from ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... corrected. Erdogan's belief that high interest rates cause inflation is a worry in itself but worry more about his pledge to take greater control of monetary policy if he wins re-election at the June 24 poll. Sure, his low interest rate policy has ...

ING ramps up wholesale lending business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
ING Australia increased its wholesale lending by 24% over the previous year, the bank's 2017 results show. Clients of ING's wholesale banking loans include the Sydney Metro Northwest, New Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Queensland's Clare Solar Farm. "We ...

Super industry wants tougher insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... reputation damage for the superannuation industry," Rowell told the committee. As a baseline, super funds endorsing the code pledge to contact members six months after the last contribution is made to combat account balance erosion. After 13 months of ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... goods and move our people faster and safer". This, along with the tax cuts, would go a long way into making his campaign pledge to grow the economy by 4% per annum, "I actually think we can go higher than 4 percent. I think you can go to 5 percent or ...

Fidelity strengthens support for global LGBTI community

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
Fidelity is implementing a new code of conduct across its global operations to prevent discrimination against the LGBTI community. The global investment house has adopted standards developed by the United Nations' Human Rights Office, outlining actions ...

Westpac extends domestic violence support services for staff

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... domestic and family violence will be provided with free financial planning following the introduction of a business-wide pledge to make all employees feel safe and supported at work. Employees impacted by domestic and family violence will now have access ...

BNP Paribas shuts out non-renewable energy producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
BNP Paribas will no longer work with companies whose principle business activities involve oil or gas exploited from shale or tar sands as a further show of its support for renewable energies. The group introduced a new global financing policy whereby ...

CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... projects that, over their lifetimes, would add another 2.8 billion tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere. "CommBank's public pledge to support a world limited to two degrees warming is impossible to reconcile with its continued multi-billion dollar lending ...