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Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... crisis of 2008-2009, inflation died. We've been all witnesses to half-a-century low unemployment rates across many nations around the world and yet inflation remained dead. So much so that in its 13 April 2013 publication, The Economist printed "The ...

RIAA, HESTA back key First Nations project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... Lendlease have launched an initiative that will focus on strengthening Australia's First People's heritage laws. The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA), and the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

ESG investing 2.0 emerges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... made a commitment to reduce emissions in late 2020, while the US re-signed the Paris Agreement last January. The United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP26, which takes place this month, will also accelerate more action towards signing up to the ...

Industry calls for expanded CSLR

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... elderly Australians who lost their savings through the collapse of Sterling First. It will also exclude consumers from First Nations communities who were tricked into paying for funeral expenses policies by the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund, now ...

CFA ESG certificate launches in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
... ESG certificate syllabus. The certificate was developed by the CFA Society in the UK and has been endorsed by the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). "This certificate can help you gain an edge in this fast-moving $40 trillion ...

ASFA urges net zero 2050 targets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... emissions by 2050. Some mitigations strategies super funds have committed to include reaching net zero adopting the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment approach and buying green bonds. Super funds that use an engagement approach typically ...

Reynolds joins Frontier board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Frontier welcomed Fiona Reynolds as an independent director following her tenure at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Reynolds recently completed a nine-year term as the chief executive of the UNPRI. In Reynolds' time with ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... scores at a country level. In turn, super funds can apply this ESG approach to the currencies corresponding with those nations. "There has been such a huge focus on ESG in equities and bonds... ESG data can now be looked at at a country level, and incorporated ...

Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... $53,000 (US$40,000) in wealth, respectively. The research found a huge disparity in the distribution of average wealth. Nations that recorded the highest wealth per adult (above US$100,000) are located in North America, Western Europe, and among the ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... more recently an independent member of the impact committee. She is currently also a non-executive director at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. She has also served as a non-executive director at Frontier since 2011 and is a non-executive ...