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NZ Super Fund in court defeat over human rights issues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... proceedings against NZ Super Fund for its failure to divest from Israeli companies that have been deemed by the United Nations to be complicit in the Israeli occupation of Occupied Palestinian Territory (OTP). It asked the High Court to review the fund's ...

Strengthen Life Code for mental health crisis, claims handling: Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... laws. The code's effectiveness in dealing with customers experiencing vulnerability, including commitments to First Nations customers or customers experiencing family violence, is also up for discussion. The Life Code's reference to the disclosure ...

Albanese stresses importance of 'economic sovereignty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... Albanese said Australia will not be able to "find our future security in the past", or by copying the approaches other nations. "We have to invest in it, build it and create it for ourselves. We can, we must - and we will," he said. "And even as we plan ...

IFM maps path for super funds to meet US infrastructure funding gap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... Leaders and institutional investors will travel to San Francisco, Washington and New York. "The US, like most developed nations, faces a clear challenge - infrastructure needs are growing faster than the public funding needed to support them. US and ...

Big super to work with Canadian counterparts to drive investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... policy reform that will support private capital being deployed into the critical infrastructure that we know that both our nations need to build our national resilience, keep up with population growth, supercharge our economies and their shared ambitions ...

UN pension fund confirms leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund has a new lead. Robert van der Zee was permanently appointed by the United Nations Secretary General to oversee the pension fund as Representative of the Secretary General for the investment of the fund's ...

Debby Blakey steps down as HESTA chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... advice platform, being a leading investor voice on the climate transition, improving the way companies partner with First Nations people, and pioneering institutional investment in affordable housing. "Debby has been a passionate and tireless advocate ...

Australian profits flat as global earnings soar to record highs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... US$56.4 billion in 2024. Buybacks comprised US$6.5 billion of this total, a much smaller proportion than among similar nations. "Dividends and share buybacks have fallen in tandem with profits in recent years reflecting distribution policies in the commodity ...

Trump imposes tariffs as Greenland bid escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... over a potential unravelling of NATO alliances and the disruption of last year's trade agreements with several European nations, driving risk-off sentiment in stocks and boosting safe-haven demand for gold and silver," Sycamore said. Trump has repeatedly ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... in 2026 and highlights that the country was left relatively unscathed by the US tariff shocks. According to the United Nations' (UN) latest World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 report, inflation will rise by 3% in 2026 despite a slight improvement ...