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UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Despite more than 75% of the UK's local councils declaring a climate emergency, their pension funds are still pouring billions into fossil fuels the world over. A new report from campaigners Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern ...

ASIC extends olive branch to inside traders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
ASIC is encouraging people to dob in others who worked with them on market manipulation, insider trading or dishonest conduct in financial services - in exchange for immunity. ASIC says it can offer such individuals immunity from civil proceedings ...

Australian Ethical continues growth trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
The booming interest in socially and environmentally conscious investments has seen Australian Ethical post stellar half year results, despite the pandemic. Australian Ethical reported underlying profit after tax for the second half of 2020 of $4.9 ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Wall Street wants to have its cake and eat it too. It wants both a return to pre-pandemic normal - with all the growth and activity and employment and profitability that came with it - while at the same time wishing, hopin' and prayin' for Biden's ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
Members of merged superannuation funds are $15,000 better off in retirement, new research shows. An analysis by Super Consumers Australia (SCA) found MySuper fees of merged entities dropped by 13.4% on average. The consumer advocate group looked at ...

Woodside results vindicate divestment argument: Activists

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Woodside Petroleum's annual results, with a $US4.028 billion net loss for 2020, are food for thought for super funds, according to divestment activists. Several of Australia's largest super funds have significant holdings in Woodside. It appears ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
It's only been only two weeks since the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) provided a more optimistic assessment of and outlook for the domestic labour market. In its February 2021 'Statement on Monetary Policy' (SoMP), the RBA declared that ...

ANZ posts 54% profit rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
ANZ posted a net profit after tax for the first quarter of $1.62 billion, up 54% on the average of the past two quarters. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said it was a strong performance given the volatile trading conditions that highlights the benefits ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The US economy is not out of the woods yet and therefore, worrywarts need not be concerned over rising inflation - that would prompt the Fed taper policy accommodation. "Participants observed that the economy was far from achieving the committee's ...

Woodford flags comeback

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
The UK's financial regulator is warning investors that disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford is launching a new venture, WCM Partners. The Financial Conduct Authority was forced to act after Woodford announced that his new investment firm is in the ...