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HESTA calls for access to super for family violence victims

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... been receiving 26 weeks of continuous Centrelink payments. According to HESTA, many victims or survivors of family violence may not meet this eligibility requirement and/or may need to access funds urgently. Under HESTA's proposed changes to compassionate ...

Limited super investment in VC holding Australia back: AVCAL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... of renal and fibrotic diseases company Fibrotech, which was acquired by global specialty biopharmaceutical company Shire in May 2014 for an upfront of US$75 million payment and further milestone payments of US$482.5 million, making the total deal worth ...

ISPT outlines ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... properties in the commercial, retail, industrial and residential sectors. ISPT was founded by AustralianSuper, Cbus and HESTA in 1994, and it says 50% of Australians have their retirement savings invested in property through the firm.

Industry fund inks MetLife mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... Rainmaker Information, CareSuper was CommInsure's third largest external super fund client in terms of member numbers. The change may also push MetLife to third in terms of market share of industry funds, overtaking CommInsure. CareSuper chief executive ...

AustralianSuper launches new SRI investment option

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... a new socially responsible investment (SRI) option that avoids investment in companies with fossil fuel reserves. From 30 May 2016, AustralianSuper's three sustainable investment options will be consolidated into one - the Socially Aware option. The ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... about $5.6 billion on fossil fuel investments since 2014. The recent study also found losses from fossil fuel investments may have cost some super fund members up to $3024 during the same period. Market Forces analyst Daniel Gocher said Australia's superannuation ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... vanilla utilities stock given the increasing litigation risk Transfield's detention centre operations on Nauru and Manus Island may be accumulating. Consideration of these simple facts might have prevented other business leaders like Mark Johnson, author ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... dioxide emitters - signing an historic deal to significantly curb their carbon emissions. While the Australian government may have moved away from climate action, Australian institutional investors took some major steps towards reducing their own exposure ...

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... who was awarded COO of the Year. In her speech Rantanen thanked her team and colleagues at Statewide Super. "As some of you may be aware, we operate our own administration company. As you can imagine, this significantly increases the size and challenges ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... year. The committee behind ESG RA also observed that the market has seen some broking houses lose momentum in this field. "It may be that some broking houses have ESG considerations firmly embedded in their mainstream research process and therefore these ...