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Academics protest UniSuper investments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... is directly undermining our work and our future by driving climate change through its continued funding of fossil fuels," ANU Research Fellow Florian Busch said. Edith Cowan University lecturer Lucy Hopkins added the protestors "don't want our retirement ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... alternatives such as its own currency, suggesting this may be an area we are likely to follow rather than lead," he said. KPMG and ANU also predicted the birth of a new circular economy, arguing the current linear economic model, dependent on the constant ...

Opt-out super to hit workers: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... in the superannuation guarantee, with the industry super body taking the opportunity to smash what it perceived as gaps in ANU's analysis. According to ISA the research was "so limited that no meaningful conclusions could be drawn from it."

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... superannuation guarantee to 12% as scheduled. Industry Super Australia has launched a scathing attack on research undertaken by the ANU - and included as part of the university's submission to the government's retirement income review - which claims ...

Insider trading rife among company directors: ANU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Research conducted by the Australian National University suggests insider trading by company directors and associated trading on the Australian Security Exchange is "rife". The research examined trades made by company directors after positive and negative ...

AMP Capital invests in student accommodation

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... Infratil. AMP Capital will collect the rental income from 4,184 beds in 10 residences at the Australian National University (ANU) and in turn, will be responsible for managing the facilities. It will outsource the facility management to Spotless, an ...

University endowment fund awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... than 20% of their revenue directly from tobacco, coal, gambling or adult entertainment. Aberdeen Standard Investments is now ANU Endowment Fund's only external Australian fixed income manager. ANU said Aberdeen's domestic fixed income team was "highly ...

Future Fund delivers 9.3%, increases risk moderately

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
The Future Fund delivered a 9.3% annual return, taking Australia's sovereign wealth fund to $146 billion. It also added "moderate" risk in the period to take advantage of a shorter-term economic outlook which it says looks positive. Its 10-year return ...

Aussie instos back world-first blockchain bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Seven institutional investors have backed the world's first blockchain bond developed by Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as ...

ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... divestment was well timed as several of stocks they divested from soon experienced dramatic price falls. However since then ANU's Australian equities portfolio, which now comprises 26% of the investment pool, underperformed by 0.95% in 2016 and by 2.8% ...