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Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... money they put into the fund, less any amount they may have withdrawn. It was a landmark decision from the millionaire factory. In all, Macquarie oversaw about $321 million of the super savings invested into Shield. "Macquarie's decision to devote ...

Investment firm becomes cornerstone investor in Finexia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Investment firm Factory Capital has become a cornerstone investor in Finexia Financial Group through a $3.73 million private placement subscription. The deal comprises the purchase of 12.46 million Finexia shares at $0.30 each, a 20% premium over its ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

National gender pay gap stuck at 22.8%: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... "Leading employers are already putting solutions in place that address challenges like workforce shortages by tailoring factory shifts around school pick-up and drop-off times or promoting and role-modelling - flexible hours or part-time work arrangements ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... two separate events that centred around claims of racial discrimination and poor working conditions at Tesla's Fremont factory. This same analysis questioned Tesla's handing of an investigation that related to multiple deaths and injuries linked to its ...

Super funds failing on animal protection

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... "The reality for most Australians is that their super could be funding some of the cruellest industries like intensive factory farming, live animal export, and cosmetic testing on animals, without their knowledge." A recent polling revealed that animal ...

Charter Hall, PGGM make moves on Irongate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... its board and advisers were considering the indicative offer. Separately, Charter Hall has dropped $66 million on SPC factory in Shepparton, Victoria. Charter Hall's Direct Industrial Fund No.4 (DIF4) secured the rare 30-year triple-net lease and an ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... This would have been the start of a virtuous cycle where increased household spending are met and catered for by stronger factory production and by extension, raised investment in plant and equipment and staffing - notwithstanding dearer costs of raw ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... - from computer chips to pasta to (more) toilet paper. Manufacturers need raw materials to manufacture these products. Factory demand - from oil and coal to power their machineries to other commodities such as aluminium and copper - coupled bottlenecks ...

New emerging markets ESG fund at Dimensional

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... biodiversity, toxic spills, and palm oil, and filters for issues such as child labour, cluster munitions, tobacco and factory farming identified by clients as priorities. Adding emerging markets coverage to the fund manager's existing product lineup ...
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