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Gender pay gap worsening: ACTU

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
With International Women's Day around the corner the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has renewed calls for the federal government to make gender inequality a priority. The ACTU's updated gender pay gap report shows 60% of women aged between ...

New how-to guide for ESG reporting

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
The Financial Services Council and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors believe 13% of ASX 200 companies currently fail to provide meaningful information on sustainability factors and a further 17% provide only basic information. In turn ...

ACSI and TIAA-CREF drive poll voting

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... ASX200 companies now use poll voting at their annual general meetings according to the latest data from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). In addition, ACSI said less than 10% of ASX100 companies still use the "show of hands" ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... pensioners. The peak body representing Commonwealth, State, Territory and other public sector retirees, the Australian Council of Public Sector Retiree Organisations (ACPSRO), said in a statement this week there was an anomaly whereby public sector retirees ...

FSC slams insurance duty "boondoggle"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
FSC policy director Andrew Bragg has urged the Council of Australian Governments to reduce or repeal inefficient taxes. Citing the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report (which singled out Australia's tax system as a drag on competition) ...

Listed companies improve ESG approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) found that 79% of listed Australian companies surveyed this year had improved their environment, social and governance (ESG) approach. In 2014, ACSI had chosen 28 companies as engagement priorities ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... which "seems like a very big change in the context of the overall aim of this bill." Representatives of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) told the committee that the equal representation model was successful in fostering consensus in board ...

SelectingSuper awards super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... awards went to Telstra Super MySuper and ANZ Smart Choice Super - Personal. Finally, LUCRF trustee and former Australian Council of Super Investors chief executive Ann Byrne won the Industry Service Award. "Over the 23 years Rainmaker SelectingSuper ...

Cbus appoints ESG investment manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... billion fund is Nicole Bradford, replacing Louise Davidson after the latter became chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) earlier this year. Bradford previously worked with GE Capital as Asia-Pacific environmental ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said. "The government does recommend the monitoring of LRBAs by the Council of Financial Regulators and the ATO to review any risks associated with LRBAs, and to report back in three years. This is a similar ...