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AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
AustralianSuper's promise to go net-zero in carbon emissions by 2050 fails to "match, let alone improve on" what its peer funds are doing, says MarketForces. Last Thursday, AustralianSuper said it would target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... lead point person for the team in an interim capacity until the head of ESG and investment stewardship is appointed. Dr Ian Woods continues in his role as chair of the Ethical Leaders ethics committee. Senior sustainable investment analyst Camille Wynter ...

New York hedge fund invests in Thorney LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
Alex Waislitz's Thorney Technologies LIC which invests in tech companies has attracted investment from New York's Woodson Capital Management. TEK conducted a $27 million placement to institutional, professional and sophisticated investors, as a part ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Federal Court freezes investment scam, winds up SMSF operator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... into consideration whether Naseeruddin contravened the Corporations Act by misleading investors. Timothy Norman and Robert Woods from Deloitte have been appointed as liquidators for Secure Investments and Aquila Group.

ASX200 advance climate targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
More of Australia's top 200 companies are implementing strategies in response to climate change, new research shows. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) annual benchmark analysis shows ASX200 companies' climate-related disclosure ...

Effects of ERS not so bad: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... retirement outcomes. Speaking at the digital Morningstar Investment Conference, Grattan Institute chief executive Danielle Woods said the ERS scheme was incredibly important in providing support to households that needed it. "The JobKeeper scheme was ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A third superannuation fund in mere months has terminated its mandate with AMP Capital to manage to its ethical investment option. ESSSuper, the $30 billion government fund for the emergency services, terminated AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Two major industry superannuation funds have this week made bold statements about their stance on climate change, but critics argue it may be "virtue signalling" with little substance. UniSuper announced this week it is committed to achieving net zero ...

SMSF claim over Dreamworld deaths hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
A self-managed super fund has had a request for more information from Ardent Leisure, the owner of Dreamworld, over the Thunder River Rapids deaths in 2016 thrown out. Colin Ingram and Judy Tolloch are lead applicants in a class action being brought ...