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WTW head of strategic advisory resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... Melville said the year ahead will be interesting for funds, following the Australian government becoming a signatory to the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment. "Funds will continue to draw upon a total portfolio approach to value creation to ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... Melville said 2021 will be an interesting year for funds, following the Australian government becoming a signatory to the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment. "Funds will continue to draw upon a total portfolio approach to value creation to meet ...

Iron Man launches VC funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... launched two venture capital funds that invest in technological solutions that tackle environmental challenges. FootPrint Coalition Ventures comprises two funds - an early-stage Series A and late-stage Series B - led by Downey Jr and tech investors and ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
A coalition of more than 80 organisations including banks, insurers, superannuation funds and other stakeholders has released an ambitious list of recommendations to transform Australia's financial system to sustainable outcomes. The Australian Sustainable ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... superannuation," Albanese said. "The fact is, we have a legislated increase for universal superannuation to 12%. The coalition committed to not change that. But once again, they're laying the groundwork for another backflip." He also pointed out that ...

Asset managers want action on modern-day slavery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... by lifting the hood on their supply chains. The Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking (IAST) APAC, a newly-formed coalition that includes Aware Super, AustralianSuper, HESTA, Christian Super, First Sentier Investors and Fidelity International, is ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... evidence that ditching the SG rise will not help wages can be seen from the last time it was cut in 2014. In 2014, the coalition dumped the scheduled increase to the SG in the hopes it would help boost wage growth. ISA said it analysed 8370 enterprise ...

Nambawan Super board member resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... 2014. She is the former chief executive of Origin Energy in PNG and the current chair of the country's Business Coalition for Women. Reg Monagi, who was appointed chair in July, said Taviri resigned due to the conflict of interest that arose following ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... pass." Assistant Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government has failed Australians and that the budget presented by the Coalition will mean a deeper and longer recession. "This budget will rack up a trillion dollars of debt but still doesn't do enough ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... the ability of the COVID-19 virus to infect the animals used in the study. Ena Respiratory raised $11.7 million from a coalition of institutional Australian investors in a capital raise led by Brandon Capital, a venture capital firm that manages the ...