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Kiwi firm rejects AustralianSuper takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... Renewables operates 322 operating turbines across eight wind farms in Australia and New Zealand. Its other businesses operate in social infrastructure and real estate. About $20 billion of AustralianSuper's global portfolio is in infrastructure. ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The best superannuation and pension funds have been named in the annual Money magazine Best of the Best Awards. In determining the awards, Rainmaker Information reviewed MySuper products, and asset classes that include growth, balanced, moderate (capital ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... JobSeeker, HomeBuilder; the RBA for its quick response in providing liquidity; and us, Australians all, for generally following social distancing and lockdown guidelines. We're not quite there yet. The economy remains 3.8% lighter than it was a year ...

HESTA partners with Australian Unity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... Australian Unity's inaugural issuance of Mutual Capital Instruments (MCIs). The super fund is making this investment through its Social Impact Investment Trust, managed by impact investment manager Social Ventures Australia. This trust aims to create ...

Myer Foundation partners with Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... targets including the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "Shared Value posits that corporate success and improved social and environmental conditions are in fact inherently linked - and when achieved together, they can dramatically enhance future ...

LGBTI+ leaders list 2020 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... philanthropic efforts. GiveOUT directs funding to "rainbow communities" and Fay also leads Perpetual's Community and Social Investment business, which focusses on working with for-purpose organisations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Investments have called on companies and investors to provide consistent and comprehensive reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards and the Task Force on ...

Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... survey was taken before Australia, in essence, successfully contained its second wave, that has prompted the easing of social restrictions and re-opening of businesses. Moreover, the September quarter numbers were gathered prior to the government's ...

Chief economist update: Dow 30 thousand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... estimate) but the exponentially rising number of infections and deaths since the September quarter - and the re-imposition of social and business restrictions in a growing number of American states - threaten to re-freeze economic activity. "Be fearful." ...

EQT wins endowment mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... fund "exceptional individuals and organisations focused on strengthening gender equality, creativity, sustainability and social justice".