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$12.5 million ARENA initiative to fund distributed energy resources projects, studies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... for DER, said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "Distributed energy resources are going to play a huge role in Australia's future energy mix," Frischknecht said. "Rather than just focussing on large-scale generation and storage, ARENA is looking at how we ...

Evolution towards autonomous vehicles present infrastructure investment: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... vehicles will "will eventually help solve traffic congestion issues in densely populated urban areas," and that in the future when "cars function free of human input, easing congestion and reducing journey times," cars will drive closer together and ...

Legg Mason's Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... decision to remove the affected issuers was done to ensure that the funds deliver investment solutions "that meet current and future client needs," said Andy Sowerby, Legg Mason Australia managing director. "We have decided to remove tobacco and cluster ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... this will be more an information tool for managers. From there, we will have insights that may drive outcomes into the future" The results also align with expectations of industry bodies such as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. "We see younger Australians want to take a more active interest in their financial future and we want to help them understand that superannuation should be seen as their money, to invest in a way that aligns ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... is responsible for 27% of global copper production, and where water-driven community opposition threatens to constrain future production. "In terms of the copper mining industry, we're interested in how companies are dealing with community resistance ...

Australia faces challenges in adapting to autonomous vehicle technology: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... tech. We need electric charging capability, we need to understand the capability that we need, and plan to have that in the future to meet that need." There are specific aspects to Australia that make the uptake of AV technology challenging, Thakur noted. ...

BetaShares sees increased demand for "true to label" ethical products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... investors and financial planners have embraced ETHI." BetaShares will consider other ethically-based ETF products in the near future, Vynokur said. "We are connecting to clients that we previously didn't have as much exposure to, and the key breakout ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... to knowledge that Thorn said some time ago that they were going to transition all contracts to be in step with what the future regulations are expected to be," said Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management's outgoing CEO. "The government's most recent statement ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... applications, banks are leaving money on the table that they could capture, and not just leaving money, but endangering their future growth story because these are the customers of the future." EY notes that mobile adoption and e-payments, national digital ...