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Catholic Super chief addresses climate conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... investors are acting on climate by pressing policymakers, fund managers and companies on the issue. Presenting at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Friday, Pegan spoke about the role of investors engaging across the value chain ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... Whish-Wilson said. "It's not just at the top end of white-collar crime penalties that Australia struggles to keep pace with other nations. ASIC doesn't have the array of administrative penalties available that other jurisdictions have, let alone have ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... Pegan will commit support from Australian and New Zealand institutional investors for sound climate policies at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Paris later this month. Pegan said he expects COP21 (the 21st Conference of Parties) ...

HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
HESTA chair Angela Emslie is now a board member of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after election results were released recently. Emslie has been appointed in one of two asset owner board positions, receiving 76 ...

Industry buoyed by Trans-Pacific Partnership

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... companies. The TTP Agreement, negotiated by Trade and Investment Minister, Andrew Robb and his counterparts in 11 other nations, follows eight years of negotiations. Covering countries in control of 40% of the world's GDP, the agreement will strip thousands ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The world's largest pension fund has become a signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after a recent UN assembly meeting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan's Government Pension Investment ...

HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... of quantitative tightening in the world with the change of the major foreign exchange reserve policies of three major nations. After the initial lift in the cash rate, the Fed will have to stop reinvesting the proceeds of its treasury bonds and then ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... government responses to climate change now actively include business representatives, such as at the upcoming Paris United Nations meeting in Paris in December this year, it's ironic that they still don't seem to quite understand the role institutional ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... services exports, "our tax system will need to promote Australia's competitiveness." "Unlike mining and resources competitor nations, our competitors in services exports, such as Singapore and Hong Kong, have a long head start. The average Asian company ...