Activist investing
‘Money still flowing’: Activist group finds super funds pour $34b into new fossil fuel projects
Environmental activist group Market Forces accused Australia’s 30 biggest superannuation funds of greenwashing while actually increasing their exposure to fossil fuel companies.
- Jessica Yun
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‘Fervour of activity’: Responsible investments hit $1.54 trillion in Australia
Research by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia shows that 17 per cent of Australians now hold responsible investments driven largely by Gen Xers and Millennials.
- Simone Fox Koob
‘Ownership mentality’: Board directors need bigger stakes in their companies, say investors
Influential investors say board directors need to think more like shareholders rather than just guns for hire, and think twice before pressing the button on dilutive capital equity raisings.
- Anne Hyland
- Exclusive
- Superannuation
Super fund pushes ASX200 to cut emissions, put more women on boards
Despite government backlash against super funds overstepping their role, HESTA has written to companies pushing for lower emissions and more female leaders.
- Jennifer Duke
Perpetual's newest partner wants radical change
The CEO of US specialist fund manager Trillium, which Perpetual has just bought for $63.8 million, wants to embed strong environmental, social and governance principles across every portfolio of the historic investment house.
- Charlotte Grieve
- Opinion
- Governance
Business leaders see the light of 'moral capitalism' at Davos
It is becoming increasingly clear that corporate heavyweights are changing their ways in order to protect profits and retain their social licences to operate.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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