Edition 17: Invest-ME-nt

From the 21st century space race to impact investing, can investment make a difference, or is it simply self gratification? What do our own investment decisions mean for broader society, and who should we look to to lead the change?

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Compulsory Superannuation: Creating New Problems by Solving Old Ones?

Behind on the time? Superannuation is something everyone knows about and not enough worry about. In 1992, Keating’s Superannuation Guarantee might have boosted retirement savings but 30 years later it’s also boosted inequality. Read on to find why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer after retirement.

Josh Ramsay | Project Leader 2022

ESG Investing: A Dangerous Game

With a movement towards ethical investing gaining traction, it may be time to pause and reevaluate whether these new investing practices are working as intended. With problems arising in ESG investing, and greenwashing making it ever more difficult to decipher which companies are actually making good on their sustainability promises, it is time to employ more scrutiny and turn to other strategies like measured impact investing and active stewardship.

Faith Woon & James Lam | President & Project Consultant 2022

Is it right to invest ethically?

Ethical investing is on everybody’s lips. Consumers and investors alike expect ethics from corporations; businesses, by-and-large, are conforming to this. But, can we really prescribe ethics to the market when decisions surrounding the ethics of businesses are left to only those with the money to influence the corporation? Is the market for investing based on aristocracy rather than democracy? 

Sam Bizzell | National Affairs Officer 2022