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Hostplus commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022

Industry fund Hostplus has committed to net zero by 2050, in line with Australia's commitment to the Paris Agreement. "Climate change represents a significant financial risk to global markets and economies over the longer term. We have a responsibility ...

New sales lead at ethical manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020

An ethical fund manager with a new range of separately managed accounts has appointed a sales lead. Ethical Funds Management has appointed Peter Evans to the role of business development manager for their range of SMAs. Evans comes from BNP Paribas ...

SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020

Self-managed super fund professionals and trustees may be feeling some deja-vu, as the same measures that were used in 2008 have been brought in to guide the sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. Terry Pinnell, chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-op ...

Industry fund for coal miners on ESG journey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019

Mine Super, the $11 billion industry fund for the coal mining industry, has clarified its position on a number of ESG issues. Vasyl Nair is the chief risk officer for Mine Super, he recently spoke at a panel on ESG issues at the annual Investment Performance ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019

... the client's best interest." However, Rae is not alone, with others in the industry sharing his interpretation. Ethical Advisers Funds Management recently launched new separately managed accounts which screen out investments in oil, tobacco, weapons ...

Labor supports FASEA extension, confusion remains

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019

... extension to the FASEA deadline, only to find it already does. Terry Pinnell, a financial adviser and chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-Op, said he wrote to his local member Graham Perrett about Labor not supporting the FASEA extension after seeing it ...

New SMAs launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019

... FASEA code of ethics could create. A group of financial advisers have come together to launch the SMAs through Ethical Advisers Funds Management. The SMAs will screen out investments in oil, tobacco, weapons, heavy polluters, gambling and coal while ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER | THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019

The Ethical Advisers' Co-op has re-released its fund ratings in the lead up to Ethical Investment Week, with some surprising results. The co-op rates superannuation and investment funds by asking the individual advisers that make up the group to ...

Advisers wary of ethical funds, launch own rating system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019

... to providing ethical and sustainable investment options, as reflected in a newly launched rating system. The Ethical Advisers Co-op is launching its own rating system for ethical funds, awarding funds up to five green leaves based on their levels of ...

More adviser participation needed to shape ethics code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018

... discussion around the measure as it has dual implications. While it may prevent unethical behaviour by requiring ethical advisers to pipe up, it could also engender mistrust between friends and colleagues, he said. "This code will be more than the subject ...

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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Funds SA has appointed a new chief investment officer, who will join from Hostplus, to commence in February 2025.

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new chief risk officer that's set to start in March 2025.

UniSuper has 'some work to get on with' on cyber front: Chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

UniSuper's leadership team has touched on how the fund is strengthening its operations following the extensive system outage in May this year.

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA

Lax superannuation laws make it too easy for perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found.

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Schroders Australia's Kellie Wood talks about winning a lot, so much so that it's become a well-intentioned joke with her co-workers - but it's this ambitious attitude that spurs her on every day. Eliza Bavin writes.

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