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Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... proportion who have adopted ESG integration has more than doubled in 18 months. More than half of insurers now consider diversity and inclusion issues as part of their investment activities, and around one in ten say that D&I is an important consider ...

State Street on how it will vote

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... the investment giant is focussed on the biggest ESG issues. In Australia, it is prioritising climate change and gender diversity. SSGA said its focus will be on driving both broad climate action in the market as well as more targeted action for companies ...

IFM Investors PE portfolio carbon neutral

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... gross emissions as a priority. To achieve carbon neutrality in the short term, verified carbon offsets which enhance bio-diversity in Australia and deliver additional social, cultural and environmental co-benefits have been purchased to compensate for ...

HESTA leads trustee board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
Superannuation fund HESTA has the highest number of women on its trustee board with nine females versus five males. An analysis of APRA's fund-level superannuation data as at June 2021 shows the $67 billion fund has tipped the gender imbalance as ...

ASIC bolsters leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... leadership and learning, health, safety and wellbeing, workplace relations and advisory, remuneration and benefits, and diversity and inclusion. She has previously worked with the ATO and the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. Finally, ASIC has also ...

Super funds attracting more women to investment work

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... is proving key to breaking down traditional structural barriers which has seen Australia lagging badly on the global diversity stage. However, Future IM/Pact founder Yolanda Beattie said critical structural barriers remained across the sector as fund ...

Rainmaker executive awarded prestigious scholarship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... family and CEW, Baltazar added: "This is an amazing initiative that will go a long way in addressing gender equity and diversity in my profession." "I would also like to thank my mentors and share this recognition with my colleagues at Rainmaker who ...

New members on Markets Disciplinary Panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... market integrity. These new appointments will ensure that the MDP will continue to have the expertise, experience and diversity to perform that role," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. "ASIC welcomes the new appointees and thanks the retiring members ...

New LGBTIQ investment option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... OutRight Action International has partnered with the Newday Impact Investing app. "When investors invest in Newday's diversity, equity and inclusion portfolio a percentage of the revenue will be sent to OutRight Action International fund their mission ...

New investment head at First Sentier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... Sentier announced that as part of Allen's role he will be responsible and accountable for achieving the firm's gender diversity target for women to represent at least 40% of its investment management staff by 2033. He will replace Perry Clausen, who ...