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Igneo strikes a deal with Elliot Green Power

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
Global investment manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Elliot Green Power (EGP) via its Australian renewables business, Atmos Renewables. The EGP portfolio consisted of the Childers, Susan River ...

Wayne Swan joins AIST board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
The AIST has announced the dual board appointment of the former federal treasurer and deputy prime minister alongside AustralianSuper executive Sarah Adams. Swan, the chair of Cbus, and Adams, the group executive strategy, reputation & corporate affairs ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
Stock picking is the main source of alpha in about 90% of institutional portfolios, a research firm has found. Analysis of 752 equity mandates by Inalytics, including several managed on behalf of Australian institutions, found 88% of portfolios generated ...

Real unemployment far higher than ABS claims: Roy Morgan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
While Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic began, there are still millions who remain unemployed or under-employed. Unemployment and under-employment are rife, with the latest Roy Morgan findings showing that ...

Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Australia's Modern Slavery Act is under review for impact and effectiveness, and investors have a role to play in both potentially strengthening the statutory obligations as well as impacting on an issue that is getting worse globally. A panel of ...

Salaries soar but uncertainty remains: Recruiter

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
The boutique agency has highlighted the rise in salary packages for all sectors as they look to transform their marketing capability, build digital skillsets, and refresh sales functions. Preceptor managing director Mark O'Connor said that the biggest ...

ISA uncovers disgraceful regional gender super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Industry Super Australia has said women in their 40s that live in regional Victorian city Bendigo have half the superannuation of men. It's believed this large divergence first expanded when many local women took time out of the workforce to have children. ...

End choice dashboard delay: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is pressuring government to make super funds disclose the performance of choice products. In a submission to ASIC, AIST opposed the regulator's proposal to defer the requirement for super funds ...

APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
After questioning from Senator Andrew Bragg at Senate estimates, prudential regulator APRA shared it has done some preliminary investigations about payments to unions. Bragg has claimed that superannuation which should be for workers has turned into ...

SEC rules against Amazon pension case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission ruled against Amazon's no-action motion to exclude a shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report on how employee retirement savings are invested. The shareholder resolution, brought by activist ...