AustralianSuper
Investor heavyweights failing to boot directors on climate commitments
Directors at companies failing to meet any climate commitment criteria received higher support in 2023 than those that met them, according to new research.
- by Millie Muroi
Latest
The big dilemma facing your super funds
Engage or divest? How can big super work towards a more sustainable world?
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Net zero, housing and defence loom large for super funds and banks
Australians hold trillions in superannuation and bank savings accounts. The federal government is looking at ways for that cash to go into housing and net zero technologies.
- by Shane Wright
Clean energy could be super for industry funds
Industry super funds are calling for tax and planning changes from all levels of government, so they can invest in the nation’s new energy networks.
- by Shane Wright
ASIC puts big super on notice with crackdown warning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reinforced its pledge to home in on the superannuation industry after finding that most super funds ignored rules to help customers prepare for retirement.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Super fund rejects seat at $20b Origin takeover table
AustralianSuper has rejected an 11th-hour overture from the Brookfield and EIG consortium to join their takeover of energy giant Origin.
- by Simon Johanson
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
Why a $20 billion price tag for Origin Energy just isn’t enough
While AustralianSuper’s reasons to reject the sweeter offer are valid, it probably hasn’t made any friends with Origin’s other shareholders.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Top emitters not funding net zero plans, warns Climate Action 100+
Australia’s top carbon emitting companies are making progress towards transitioning to net zero emissions, but failing to back up their decarbonisation plans.
- by Simon Johanson
Watchdog sues AustralianSuper over 90,000 duplicate accounts
ASIC has taken the country’s biggest super fund to court for failing to merge duplicate accounts, which cost members about $69 million.
- by Millie Muroi
Historic Mount Martha pub on the market
The original building was formerly home to the Sisters of Charity and a boarding school, before becoming a preparatory school for boys in the 1920s. It was redeveloped as The Dava Lodge Hotel in the 1930s.
- by Nicole Lindsay
AustralianSuper betting on recession as inflation softens real returns
The chief investment officer of Australia’s largest super fund says the biggest risk is that a recession will not materialise.
- by Millie Muroi
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