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Renewable energy, climate in spotlight in Federal Budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... to more than $40 billion." This $40 billion figure includes part of the government's $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, which Chalmers said would be used to "to support the development of green industries, manufacturing and more." The government ...

CEFC invests $80m in Pacific Equity Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian mid-market infrastructure. The CEFC has invested in the $1.4 billion Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) Secure Assets Fund II (SAF II), which will target value-add mid-market infrastructure and infrastructure-like businesses, including assets with ...

ESG salaries revealed, talent shortage predicted as demand surges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
There is no sign that demand for ESG professionals across the entire investment sector is abating, according to Kaizen Recruitment's ESG/Responsible Investment Professionals Financial Services Salary Guide 2023. Simon Gvalda, ESG recruitment specialist ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... also announced the creation of a $400 million Industrial Transformation Stream from the $1.9 billion Powering the Regions Fund which will support existing industries including as rail, aviation, and new clean energy industries. The National Net Zero ...

Stewardship and greenwashing in spotlight at RI Australia 2023

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... operate in an environment where there isn't a clear, broad view of the evidence available to call yourself a sustainable fund or an ESG fund. "We have regulators who are taking strong action, but there's an absence of clarity. To do that, we need to ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
A prominent Australian First Nations academic has called on Australia's business community and financial services industry to signal their support for the Voice referendum to be held between October and December 2023. In a discussion held at the ...

First Sentier Investors to focus on armed conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors has augmented its approach to human rights risks and exposures to include armed conflict. First Sentier has had a general human rights toolkit since 2016 and in 2020 added a framework for identifying Modern Slavery Risks. The ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... finance objectives and what our market and regulator needs." Recently, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government will co-fund the initial development phase of an Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, in partnership with the Australian Sustainable ...

NHFIC to finance Build-to-Rent-to-Buy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... long-term basis. This is the first program to be announced in the ACT following the federal government's widening of the NHIF to fund social and affordable housing. The Build-to-Rent scheme is a controversial solution to the rental crunch problem, in ...

ASIC fines Future Super over greenwashing Facebook post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... had no basis to represent that the entirety of those funds had been invested in fossil fuels prior to being invested in the Fund." The post remained up until October 2022, and a Future Super spokesperson told FS Sustainability that Facebook analytics ...