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Academics protest UniSuper investments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... Edith Cowan University lecturer Lucy Hopkins added the protestors "don't want our retirement dollars fuelling the destruction of our planet". "It is simply astounding we are having to go to such lengths to have our voices heard," Hopkins said. "However ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... "in the long run we're all dead". That, of course, is if COVID-19 endures and permanently wreaks death and/or destruction of economic activity. But nah, like all others before it, a cure will be found and when we look back at the rear view mirror ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... areas affected is very large, pointing to the significant disruptions to regular activity as well as the large-scale destruction caused. "In assessing the impact of this on the Australian economy as a whole we have taken into account that there will ...

Former CFS GAM head in new venture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... for sustainable finance within their organisations. "For anyone working on climate or sustainability, the scale of destruction from unprecedented fires and the months of deadly smoke and particulate matter hanging in our air have left an indelible mark ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... there is a long list of things that could go wrong, we could see a pretty decent shake out and quite a bit of wealth destruction," Doyle warned. Choi said investors are looking to managed investment products to safeguard their wealth. "More investors ...

Climate crisis tops list of risks for 2020s

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... geopolitical and cyber risk challenges." The majority of younger respondents believed that "extreme heat waves" (88.8%), "destruction of ecosystems" (87.9%) and "health impacted by pollution" (87%) will have a global impact in 2020; compared to 77.1% ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... board-level gender diversity and those that are involved in uranium and nuclear energy, chemical of concern or the destruction of the environment. Vynokur said responsible investing should no long be considered a "niche area" of the investment industry. ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... armaments, nuclear, live animal exports, old growth logging, animal cruelty, bribery, intensive agriculture, environmental destruction, polluting, social harm and poor corporate governance including all-male boards. Meanwhile Hostplus and HESTA achieved ...

ISA condemned by union

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... "Our opposition to nuclear dates back to the Second World War when our members witnessed first-hand the death and destruction that comes with this form of power, and more recent disasters in Fukushima and Chernobyl only reinforce this view," Hicks said. ...

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... information used by consumers in selecting a financial adviser. Adviser Ratings' chief executive, wealth Mark Hoven said the destruction of trust in the financial advice industry is deeply concerning. "Our mission is to increase the penetration of advice ...