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Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... author of The Carbon Club Marian Wilkinson then turned to the issue of climate change, arguing that Australian companies have not yet come to terms with climate change. She said companies do not have more time to cut emissions and need to stop thinking ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... governments and companies and investors the confidence to make these policy announcements, and the net-zero commitments," she said. Not only are there economic developments underway to make this possible, but there is also a commonly agreed endpoint ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
The funds management industry is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt data science and machine learning. A panel at this afternoon's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference hosted by State Super chief investment ...

ABPs alone won't meet retirement income covenant: Knox

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... "My hunch is that APRA will produce some prudential standards, some guidance, and an account-based pension only product will not be sufficient because it will not be appropriate for all your members," Knox said, in a session at the AIST's annual ...

How will members respond to the YFYS test results?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... especially when they receive a letter from their superannuation fund saying it failed a recent performance test. Whether or not members of failing funds will start switching when they read the letters is a key question for at least 13 funds. "It seems ...

APRA leaves door open for benchmark tweaks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... assets, which drew censure from many superannuation funds and their consultants. "We know it [index for unlisted assets] is not perfect," she said. "When we put out our heatmap, we used listed indices because we couldn't find a decent unlisted index. ...

Responsible investment sector hits $1.2tn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... one possible explanation is "companies with mid- and small-market capitalisation, which are included in the S&P/ ASX 300 but not in the Australia Fund Equity Australia Large Blend, fared better than large market cap equities in 2020 overall". "There's ...

Forrest pitches a green Fortescue to super funds

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... company [that have] said right, we will follow Fortescue, we'll commit by 2030 -- you'll see silence. "But that's not what I am concerned about. We are offering superannuation managers a tremendous opportunity -- get involved with us now ...

Crypto platform hires former Spaceship growth lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
An Australian cryptocurrency micro-investment platform has bolstered its team, hiring from Spaceship. Bamboo appointed Anna Cheng, former AP growth at Spaceship, to join its team in an advisory capacity. Cheng was Spaceship's third employee, joining ...

YFYS test results not a fair representation: Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Frontier is concerned the APRA performance test does not adequately assess acceptable performance, given several of the funds that were failed actually perform better than others that passed. The asset consultant, which advises on $490 billion, said ...