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Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... $3 billion. The family is most notable for establishing Smorgon Steel but has interests in many other businesses including meat, paper, chemicals, plastics, electronics, steel, equities, cosmetics, technology and horticulture. Samantha Smorgon's ...

Industry fund names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has appointed a former Link Group general manager and industry fund chief executive to its top job. MIESF has named Katherine Kaspar as its incoming chief executive, following the announcement that Bill ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
Fund managers with a focus on ESG must be wary of supply chains, especially where meat and dairy industry are involved, according to new data. The Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index found that the world's largest meat, fish and dairy producers are ...

Hostplus invests in vegan meat, sustainability

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... its private equity investments with a commitment of over $1 billion across projects that tackle climate change including a meat alternative. The $48 billion industry fund's annual report outlined the investments in medical technology, vegan food ...

Super fund chief to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... industry superannuation fund has announced their intention to retire. Bill McRobert will depart as chief executive of the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) in March of next year. The decision brings to an end 13 years of leadership ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... by the coronavirus and, just in, a brewing trade war with China - its biggest trading partner. China has recently banned meat imports from Australia, citing violations of quarantine and custom standards. The ban on beef came soon after China's Ministry ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... acceleration in consumer prices - with the price of fruit and vegetables rising by 6.0% over the three-month period and the cost of meat and seafood up by 2.0% over the quarter - as "Bushfires increased transport costs for some fresh produce and strong ...

Costs spiral for baby boomers

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... for food and there also have been other significant price increases," he said. "While the recent rains are very welcome, meat prices are likely to increase even further as farmers hold back their breeding stock from the market." Between the September ...

Gardior adds board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... Terry Burke, Sunsuper representative Andrew Agnew, former Energy Super chair Mark Williamson and Gardior chair and former Meat Industry Employees Super Fund chief executive Jon Addison. The new board roles follow MIRA's appointment by Gardior to manage ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... enough, otherwise they're going to have people like me taking them to court." "It's arduously slow. But we're getting to the meat of it now which is great."