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AIA under fire for coal holdings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... to "help people live healthier, longer, better lives". "In many ways AIA tries to live up to its lofty goals. But the company has a dirty little secret: unlike many of its peers, it still invests in polluting coal companies and projects." Whilst the ...

T. Rowe Price launches entity, restructures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... classified under the new entity, but there are no planned portfolio manager changes associated with this transition, the company said. "There will be no impact to the structure or approach of the firm's target date portfolios or other multi-asset products," ...

SSGA names global investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... financially material environmental, social and governance issues throughout the investment process, he added. Separately, parent company State Street named Richard F. Lacaille as senior investment adviser to manage company-wide leadership of ESG solutions ...

ASIC takes SMSF accountant to court

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... example, ASIC alleges Ms Thorne directed that the letters not be sent to some clients that had made complaints about the company and other letters be sent to client addresses from expired driver's licenses," the regulator said. In 2019, Thorne was a ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... virtuous cycle in the domestic economy whereby rising employment boosts consumer optimism, stimulating spending, lifting company sales and profits, encouraging business spending in plant and machinery and staff, stimulating more hiring......and lessen ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... environmental damage." One of the managers to earn a low score was Fidelity Investments. Note, Fidelity Investments is a separate company to Fidelity International's Australian business. Morningstar described ESG as being on the "fringe" of the US ...

Pan-Asian equities to perform well: Longlead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... value on offer in Asia which is scarce elsewhere. "While many global markets have rallied back from their March lows, company earnings in most countries may take until 2022 or later to rebound to pre-pandemic levels based on consensus analyst forecasts," ...

Super fund joins climate initiative

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
A $54 billion industry fund, a mining company and a professional services firm have joined an initiative to tackle emissions in supply chains by 2050. Cbus, Fortescue Metal Group and Aurecon have signed on to the Australian Industry Energy Transitions ...

Praemium board bungle

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... attend board and committee meetings in an advisory capacity until shareholders have the opportunity to vote again. "The company reaffirms its commitment to meeting defined diversity objectives and regrets this administrative oversight," Praemium said ...

Kogan execs chase big bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... COVID-19, thanks to an uptick in online shopping. But its proposed bonuses for executives are still controversial. At the company's annual general meeting today, chair Greg Ridder acknowledged that executive bonuses were of concern to shareholders. The ...