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Your Future, Your Super on APRA to-do list

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... prudential standards on operational risk, governance and risk management, and consulting with industry on guidance for climate change financial risk and complete the ongoing review of the capital framework for authorised deposit-taking institutions. ...

Super fund ESG targets lack clarity: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... engagement with the companies they are invested in prior to any divestment to ensure that all measures to support climate change action have been exhausted. Divestment could insulate members from the perceived financial risks of fossil fuel companies ...

EY Australia chief steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... over $2.2 billion and led a series of acquisitions including digital, data analytics, cyber security, technology, climate change and sustainability and management consultant firm Port Jackson Partners. Commenting on his time as chief of EY Australia ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... companies and investors. Fink linked the fault lines exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the global threats of climate change in his letter. "I believe that the pandemic has presented such an existential crisis - such a stark reminder of our fragility ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... proclamations designed to reverse Trump's policies on the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration, climate change, and racial equality while at the same time extending a hand to Trumpeteers in efforts to reunify what Donald has divided. ...

Hostplus called out on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... success lobbying UniSuper to change its approach to investing in fossil fuel companies and managing the risk of climate change. AustralianSuper, Aware Super, UniSuper and HESTA all recently committed to divesting thermal coal (some only in active strategies ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... proclamations designed to reverse Trump's policies on the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration, climate change, and racial equality. This from the New York Times: "Among other moves, he planned to issue a national mask mandate for federal ...

Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... ethnic diversity within its own company. The letter from Taraporevala also reiterates SSGA's approaches on climate change. Last year, SSGA joined Climate Action 100+. "That focus will continue on, and we will take a much more targeted approach this ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... now does not look at CVs or resumes when hiring. "At Future Super, we're working to deliver a future free from climate change and inequality, and our actions need to match our words. However, our track record with the diversity of our own team hasn't ...

Super fund shuffles team, investment chief steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... its chief investment officer and the appointment of a chief risk officer. Future Super, the super fund focused on climate change action with almost $1 billion in funds under management, has undergone some changes. Namely, its chief investment officer ...