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Damning Rio report to shake mining industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
The damning report into Rio Tinto's destruction of the Juukan Gorge sacred sites has recommended mining companies completely change the way they do business, with super funds invested in miners already welcoming the findings. On 24 May 2020, Rio Tinto ...

Franking credits more important than ever

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... sustainable in the foreseeable future and believe there remains a positive outlook for the price of iron ore," Gardner said. "Rio Tinto and BHP are other notable dividend payers at the moment which offer retirees the additional benefit of fully franked ...

Chief economist update: V for vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... Encouraging test results for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech sent world equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town on the up and up and up. Pfizer and BioNTech are set to request FDA approval for emergency use authorization ...

Statewide appoints new chief technology officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... role as executive director, digital and technology at the Public Trustee of Queensland. Earlier in his career, Cook worked at Rio Tinto as a global process design and improvement consultant. Cook was a member of ASFA's standing advisory panel for electronic ...

Leadership spills spell new era: RIAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... major Australian corporates are heralding in a new era of ESG accountability. Writing for the ASX, O'Connor specifically named Rio Tinto as one company grappling with a new era of governance expectations as investors take ESG more seriously. "The fallout ...

Disruption not sustainable: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... If you don't get the flow of cash back, there is no value." Further to this, Conlon said resources companies like BHP and Rio Tinto are unlikely to be disrupted as iron ore has done well but even commodities like alumina and oil which have been the reverse ...

Super funds lag on disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... top holdings are remarkably consistent, with CSL, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac, BHP Group, Macquarie, ANZ, Woolworths, Rio Tinto and Telstra appearing among the top 10 holdings of almost all super funds. Here, the top 10 stocks account for about 35% ...

Sunsuper adds long/short to Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... becomes very difficult to express a negative view on the stock [by just going underweight]." Barnes cites bank stocks and BHP or RIO as examples, where an underweight would allow the manager to express their negative view strongly as they are a big part ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... December 2019, includes some companies that might surprise super fund members invested in an ethical option - Oil Search, Rio Tinto, BHP and Woodside Petroleum. A spokesperson for AMP Capital said: "AMP Capital has a strong commitment to ESG and making ...

AustralianSuper welcomes Rio Tinto departure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk was among those to commend the departure of Rio Tinto boss Jean-Sebastien Jacques following the Juukan Gorge scandal. Rio Tinto announced Jacques would be stepping down on September 11, following a review of ...