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NGS to reduce emissions 35% in three years

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
The super fund is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by 35% by 2025 en route to its 2030 net carbon zero target. "We have set this very aggressive target of 2030 to decarbonise the portfolio, and we are much more confident at this point in time that ...

IFM takes majority stake in Render Networks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
IFM Investors' private equity growth fund has spent $40 million to acquire a majority stake in construction management platform Render Networks. The growth funds investment in Render Networks keeps with its strategy to accelerate the growth of mid-market ...

Woolworths scraps AMP super mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
Woolworths has terminated the $4 billion corporate super mandate it had with AMP, instead appointing Australian Retirement Trust to manage 30,000 employees' superannuation. In a Q1 2022 assets under management and cashflows update to investors ...

Macquarie Group posts record earnings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
Macquarie Group has posted a $A4.7 billion net profit for the year ended 31 March 2022, up 56% from the prior year. This strong result was carried by impressive performances across all the companies operating groups. Items within the banking group that ...

Federal Court rules against RI Advice in cybersecurity case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
The Federal Court has found RI Advice breached its obligations as a licensee by failing to have adequate systems in place to manage cybersecurity risks, leading to several incidents that put client information at risk. In what ASIC says is an Australian ...

Breach reporting regime a distraction: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
A survey of compliance professionals has found 67% believe ASIC's breach reporting rules distract from other issues and the greatest proportion of reports filed relate to financial advice failures. A report from CoreData, Lawcadia and Gadens looks ...

Challenger expects to reach full-year profit guidance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
Despite a dip in funds under management (FUM), Challenger expects to be toward the upper end of its full-year profit guidance range. Challenger reported its FUM as being $100 billion, down 8% for the quarter. The company said this fall reflected the ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
In line with heightened public attention to the challenges of climate change, patterns of ESG disclosure by superannuation fund trustees have had to evolve. A Herbert Smith Freehills report claimed Australian superannuation fund members were more interested ...

Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Australia's Modern Slavery Act is under review for impact and effectiveness, and investors have a role to play in both potentially strengthening the statutory obligations as well as impacting on an issue that is getting worse globally. A panel of ...

Tattarang invests in plastic-free fabric

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
The Forrest family's investment firm Tattarang has pumped $26.8 million into next generation fabric technology. The investment was made as part of a Series B capital raise by US-based material innovator Natural Fiber Welding (NFW). NFW creates low carbon ...