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Superannuation fund hits brakes on raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... the next financial year." Future Super managed about $470 million at end of June, 2019. It was set up in 2014 by Simon Sheikh, a former candidate for Australian Greens and a former leader of GetUp.

Thousands strike from work for climate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... Sargon, Sustainable Australia Fund, BetaShares Capital and Fox & Hare. Chief executive and founder of Future Super Simon Sheikh said: "We came together with other Australian businesses to form Not Business as Usual because there's nothing usual about ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... one which targets a 20% allocation to renewable energy and does not invest in fossil fuels. Future Super co-founder Simon Sheikh said Future Super Growth (Renewables Plus) empowers Australians to bypass political inertia and invest more of their super ...

Infradebt attracts super fund investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... lending strategies that meet the unique demands of individual projects." Future Super founder and managing director Simon Sheikh said he is pleased to be a foundation investor in the IEF - a fund which he says will allow Future Super to support a range ...

Future Super issues $145m admin mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... fossil fuel, tobacco, gambling, mining, live animal exports and armaments companies. Future Super managing director Simon Sheikh commented on the new partnership, saying: "As one of Australia's fastest-growing super funds, Future Super is looking forward ...

Future Super launches fossil free index

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... access to an index of the 50 leading medium to large sustainable ASX-listed companies. Future Super managing director, Simon Sheikh, said he expects demand for fossil fuel free investing to increase in the next 12 months. "While a consistent stream of ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... change. AMP Capital, Hunter Hall, UCA Australia, UniSuper and HESTA all announced fossil fuel screening policies, while Simon Sheikh launched Future Super, a 'fossil free superannuation fund'. Since the UN Climate Summit, the Investor Group on Climate ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Former leader of advocacy group GetUp and Australian Greens candidate Simon Sheikh has launched what he claims is Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund. Sheikh said Future Super stemmed from what he perceived as growing frustration ...
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