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ANZ profits hit by remediation, low rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
ANZ's full year profit fell 7% to $5.95 billion compared to last year, with the bank blaming record low interest rates, increased regulation and a rise in customer remediation costs. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said: "This has been a challenging ...

WA Super awards $20mn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... fund will pour millions of member savings into local investment opportunities designed to make positive social and environmental impacts on the state. WA Super has partnered with Impact Investment Group to create the $20 million WA Impact Fund, a new ...

New SMAs launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... investment products going forward as the FASEA standards require financial advisers to ask clients whether there are any environmental, social or ethical considerations that are important to them. "It is basically the law from 1/1/20 that all financial ...

Future Fund chief most influential public investor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... pensions, endowments, foundations and central banks. Now in its seventh year, the list looks at innovation, funding, environmental circumstances, returns, unique programs, and initiatives undertaken, with a focus on featuring new names. Future Fund chief ...

Aussie employers understand importance of advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... Shead said that with the battle for employer default fund status continuing in Australia, considerations such as environmental, social and governance investment options would start to become more important to employers. "We believe that funds with a ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... qualitative measures only. About 78% of active impact investors surveyed said their expectations for the social or environmental impact of their investments were being met or exceeded. "Overall, only 4% of all active impact investors indicate that their ...

Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... personal income taxes and social security contribution fees for companies and increased spending on infrastructure and environmental projection - as well as monetary ones - the PBOC has cut the reserve requirement ratio several times from 17% in March ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... tobacco, armaments, nuclear, live animal exports, old growth logging, animal cruelty, bribery, intensive agriculture, environmental destruction, polluting, social harm and poor corporate governance including all-male boards. Meanwhile Hostplus and HESTA ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... Audacious Investing. Following the purchase, The Sustainability Report will become Rainmaker's key B2B title in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment and corporate sustainability space in Australia, while Audacious Investing ...

Boutique wins industry fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... have a clearly defined and formal investment process that assesses cash flow, balance sheet, management, social, environmental, country and industry risks for individual companies," Parkin said in a statement. "Our team has applied our investment process ...