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Media Super names new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
Long-serving chair of Media Super Gerard Noonan is retiring at the end of the month as the $6 billion fund continues its due diligence in merger talks with $52 billion fellow industry fund Cbus. Susan Heaney is set to step into the role, with Media ...

Financial Standard launches FS Sustainability

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... website has been launched alongside a new weekly digital newsletter and updated social media footprint. An annual print journal FS Sustainability: The Journal of ESG Integration will also be launched, showcasing the best ESG whitepapers published throughout ...

Mayfair 101 in damage control

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Embattled Mayfair 101 has attempted to set the record straight, hitting out at claims chief executive James Mawhinney may attempt to flee the country and at Vasco Trustees over its handling of the IPO Wealth Fund. ASIC asked the Federal Court last week ...

Morningstar creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Morningstar has announced the appointment of Hortense Bioy as director of sustainability research for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions, effective immediately. Morningstar said the newly created role reflects ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The consortium that saved Australian Associated Press' newswire will get no return on their investment, with contributors donating anywhere between $3000 and $1 million at the close of the financial year. Led by impact investor Nick Harrington and philanthropist ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Shanghai Composite index rallied by 5.7% after Reuters recent report quoting the state media mouthpiece, the China Securities Journal saying: "In a world reshaped by coronavirus, China needs further share market gains to fund a rapidly developing digital ...

Pension fund in divestment hoax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
Global climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion has come under fire after it posed as Sweden's largest pension fund and claimed it was divesting from all companies with operations in fossil fuels. On June 29 a website purporting to be that ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
COVID-19 is posing distinct threats to the digital human rights of people all over the world, with consequences for companies and investors. In a new paper Robeco head of sustainability integration Masja Zandbergen expressed the belief that if digital ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... was. Today's headlines not only infer, but blame your words for the fall on Wall Street overnight. The Wall Street Journal published: "The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 500 points Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... was first detected late last year." South Korea's Early Coronavirus Wins Dim After Rash of New Cases (Wall Street Journal) "SEOUL -- South Korea, which largely succeeded in quelling the initial spread of the coronavirus, is back on the defensive ...