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07 September 2022 • By Jon Bragg • 1 min read

Companies with poor ESG practices underperform over long term

The trend is consistent across sectors except for two notable exceptions. Research by Federated Hermes on the link between environmental, social ...

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ClearView announces appointment for newly created role

The listed financial services company has announced a newly created role. ClearView is set to expand its claims management capability with the ...

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‘Staggering’ step backwards for gender equality at ASX companies

Fewer companies now have gender-balanced senior leadership teams while the number of women CEOs has remained unchanged. Only 50 companies in the ...

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HESTA puts emissions-intensive companies on notice

The super fund has announced possible divestments.  HESTA has created a watchlist of companies that it deems unconducive to its new goal to halve ...

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Clean energy tipped to play a key role in M&A activity

HLB Mann Judd has predicted that hydro, wind, solar and other clean energy projects will play an important role in the M&A space. Over the ...

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Government under fire over changes to super fund transparency

Senator Andrew Bragg has accused the government of allowing super funds to conceal payments to unions. Regulations relating to requirements for ...

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Magellan FUM drops again in August

The fund manager has released its latest funds under management (FUM) update. Magellan has reported $1.3 billion of net outflows as at 31 ...

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RBA undeterred by warnings, keeps foot to the floor

Some economists now expect the RBA to raise official interest rates to 3 per cent by the year’s end. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has ...

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BlackRock expands fixed income ETF range

An Australian dollar hedged version of the iShares Global Aggregate Bond ESG ETF has been launched. The iShares Global Aggregate Bond ESG AUD ...

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Fund size ‘not a definitive predictor’ of performance, research shows

Smaller super funds were among the best performers in the last financial year. Analysis by Frontier Advisors has concluded that asset allocation ...

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