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Investors demand credible climate information

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... are signalling the need for more climate-related financial disclosures in the coming years." CA ANZ surveyed 1024 Australians with a minimum of $10,000 invested in either managed funds, direct shares, private equity or term deposits. "Managing climate ...

Office workers burnt out: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... of 38%. The research is based on a global survey of 14,800 office-based workers across 25 countries, including 1000 Australians. In Italy, 49% of office workers said they were suffering from burn out. This is followed by China (41%), Canada (40%), Spain ...

ETFs hit $125bn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... this milestone and feel honoured to have been entrusted with helping to achieve the financial objectives of so many Australians," he said.

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Sixteen of Australia's pension funds are among the world's largest, with the Asia Pacific region clocking the largest rate of growth last year despite COVID-19. New research from the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments shows the assets ...

Retail, corporate funds lack transparency on ESG votes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Retail and corporate super funds continue to show a poor track record of how they vote on environmental, social and governance matters, new research shows. According to the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the ...

AustralianSuper skewers draft disclosure laws

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... AustralianSuper to partner on key projects and could reduce the availability of capital in the market, affecting all Australians. It is unclear where the government proposes that capital will be found into the future." The fund also questioned the government's ...

Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... numbers on what that might look like. Speculation over whether the sovereign wealth fund should be charged with managing Australians' retirement savings has mounted in recent weeks on the back of senator Andrew Bragg's recent paper on the topic. Bragg ...

Aussie neobank partners with crypto exchange

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... the past few years. We believe BTC Markets and Volt are primed to deliver safe and secure banking access to support Australians seeking to trade in digital assets." BTC Markets chief executive Caroline Bowler added that the partnership should provide ...

MySuper continues stellar performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
MySuper products continue to deliver returns averaging 20% at the end of July, Rainmaker analysis shows. Rainmaker's MySuper Index returned 19.2% in the year to July 2021, surpassing June's rolling one-year return by 40 basis points. This makes July ...

AustralianSuper to shutter property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Nearly three years after AustralianSuper added the ability to freeze redemptions in its property option for up to two years, the fund has decided to shut the option altogether. The $225 billion industry fund will close the property option on September ...