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Most ethical companies revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... and was fined $135 million for attempting to conceal $8 million in gifts, cash and non-business meals, travel and entertainment it gave to Chinese government officials to obtain benefits for Avon China. PepsiCo is another name on the list that might ...

Vanguard finds dirty assets in ESG fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... MSCI filters the holdings for ties to fossil fuels, nuclear power, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons and adult entertainment as well as conduct related screens based on severe controversies. Or so investors were told. Last week, Vanguard informed them ...

Financial services least trusted industry: Edelman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... services remain the least trusted industry. It is behind energy companies, which are trusted by 59% of people and entertainment companies (also 59%). Technology and healthcare are the most trusted sectors, with 68% and 66% public trust respectively. ...

Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... 2021, beating the MSCI ACWI Index's 2.1% p.a. The fund currently invests in companies that operate in payments, entertainment, cloud computing, software services, e-commerce, advertising, energy and hardware. "Since our inception nineteen months ...

Gender diversity has a way to go: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Challenger, National Australia Bank and QBE Insurance. Other companies include Nine Entertainment, Scentre Group, Incitec Pivot, NIB and this year's only new inclusion, gold miner St Barbara. There are 380 companies headquartered ...

Arowana winds up LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
... cents on 17 December 2020. It invests in local and international companies such as Corporate Travel Management, Nine Entertainment, Janus Henderson Group, Perishing Holdings and Village Roadshow. Arowana is the parent company of CVF, which operates and ...

Cbus, Media Super merger progresses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... Heaney said it's an exciting development for Media Super. "There will be no change to our core focus on the printing, entertainment, arts and media industry. As part of a larger fund, our members will benefit from the cost benefits of increased scale ...

Your Future, Your Super reforms closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... invested. The regulation aims to curb "inappropriate expenditure" on items like advertising, sponsorships and corporate entertainment, which "risks compromising member outcomes and eroding retirement incomes". The new law will regulate both trustees ...

Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... lifestyles are yet to follow the same path. Restrictions on domestic and international travel, along with changes to entertainment and dining-out options, have had a significant short-term impact on retirement lifestyles, ASFA found. "Recent reductions ...

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... to political parties, peak bodies and affiliates like unions, marketing expenditures, sporting sponsorships and entertainment, are the many areas super funds must be upfront about. "[This is] where we want trustees to be thinking long and hard about ...