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Millions of trees needed to offset NFTs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
Despite being digital assets and intangible in nature, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), have a significant environmental impact. A new calculator launched by NFT Club revealed it would take almost four million trees to offset the carbon emissions of the ...

Global markets shaken by war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
Global markets reacted to the news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine overnight, with analysts keeping a close watch on the conflict's impact on companies and economies. IG market analyst Kyle Rodda said he views the current situation as a growth and inflation ...

Mine unions pressure funds over Rio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... applying pressure to super funds over alleged bullying and harassment at Rio Tinto revealed in a recent report. The Western Mine Workers' Alliance (WMWA), an agreement between the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and the Mining and Energy Union (MEU) ...

HESTA impact lead goes it alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
HESTA's head of impact Mary Delahunty has established her own consultancy firm focused on authenticity in ESG. Seven Advisory is Delahunty's new venture, leaving behind her role at the $66 billion industry fund after almost four years. In a ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... pandemic on jobs and incomes and spending, an additional trillion dollars plus wouldn't be able to make sick workers get up and mine, manufacture, distribute and load shelves. Not to mention, the impact this is having on the balance between supply and ...

Mine Super refreshes investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
The $11.2 billion superannuation fund Mine Super announced a suite of changes to its investment menu, which includes offering two new options to members. The options, Balanced and Indexed Defensive, launched on 20 December 2021. The Balanced option ...

MySuper heatmap offers few surprises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... the closest to passing with a score of 0.60%. Of those that passed, TWUSUPER (-0.47%), Westpac Group Plan MySuper (-0.46%), Mine Super's default lifecycle option (-0.44%) and Rest (-0.43%) came the closest to failing. Incitec Pivot, LGIAsuper and Suncorp ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Fund (-1.14% p.a). Choice products offered by Colonial First State Investments, Commonwealth Bank Group Super, CareSuper, Mine Super and BT Funds Management failing over a seven-year period also feature prominently on the heatmap. Overall, APRA's ...

Mine Super appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
Mine Super has named its new chief executive following the departure of Harry Mitchell in March this year. Vasyl Nair, who has been acting in the role since Mitchell's departure, has now been appointed to the role permanently. Mine Super chair Grahame ...

ETF Securities, 21Shares partner for Australia's first crypto ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
ETF Securities and 21Shares are partnering to launch Australia's first direct Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and a best-in-class blockchain research and education centre. Subject to regulatory approvals, the ETFS 21Shares Bitcoin ETF and ETFS 21Shares Ethereum ...