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Russell Investments introduces new ESG-focused ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Russell Investments has launched its first multi-strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Australia, offering investors access to an actively managed portfolio of international shares with a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. ...

Sandon Capital to buy carbon farms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... following in the footsteps of the US, UK, and Europe, where shareholder activism is already common. CCI was founded by Andrew McBain, director and company secretary, and has a carbon credit pipeline through to 2039. Paul Jensen is the non-executive chair. ...

Rest teams up with Fidelity to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Through the installation of solar panels, they will also be able to generate renewable energy. Rest chief investment officer Andrew Lill said LOGICs stood out due to how it invests and said it was a great opportunity to make the most of market conditions. ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Rising interest rates and weak disposable income growth have caused housing affordability to drop to its lowest point in decades, according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) senior economists. The economists pointed out that Australian Bureau ...

Australian Ethical lead returns to CoreData

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical Investment. Dennis led CoreData's self-managed super fund research initiatives back in 2013. He joins CEO Andrew Inwood and the rest of the global team leading a new dedicated area focused on advising financial services businesses ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Capitals Coalition, and founding member and chairperson of the Hoffmann Global Institute in Business and Society at INSEAD. Andrew Mitchell, founder and senior adviser at think tank Global Canopy, has also been appointed. Mitchell is vice chair of the ...

Institutional investors shift gears amid "new market regime"

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Nuveen's latest global institutional investor survey shows that investors are adjusting risk management and asset allocation strategies due to geopolitical tensions, higher rates, market volatility, and upcoming elections, with three themes dominating ...

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... solutions such as this. Meantime, Equity Trustees executive general managers, corporate and superannuation trustee services Andrew Godfrey said: "We are pleased to be appointed as the responsible entity role for the LOIM Plastic Circularity Fund and ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

Canberra targets natural disaster insurance gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... policies, and standardised definitions for fire, storm and stormwater and rainwater runoff may assist with this," ICA CEO Andrew Hall said. Insurers are mandated to use the same definitions for specific events in their insurance contracts, as well as ...