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AI and crypto mining to drive energy opps: PGIM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... are giving fund managers new and unlikely sources of alpha in the global energy sector, PGIM research shows. In its investment report titled 'Fueling the Future' released late last month, the US$1.3 trillion (A$1.9tr) fund manager PGIM identified ...

APRA acts on climate risk watch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... cyber-attacks and safeguard data security. The annual performance test results, assessing the performance of superannuation investment options against tailored benchmarks, are slated for release in late August.

Pollination targets climate tech start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... investor. QIC-managed Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) committed to invest an undisclosed sum in investment and advisory firm Pollination's Climate and Nature Impact Venture Fund. The fund secured a binding term sheet from QIC. The ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... that the fund wouldn't invest in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. For example, an Active Super Responsible Investment report highlighted "RUSSIA OUT" as a country exclusion. That report revealed that Active Super held investments in Russian ...

abrdn strengthens sustainability function

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Amid a leadership spill, global investment firm abrdn has overhauled its sustainability offering, with a series of new senior appointments, and the launch of a new executive sustainability committee. Sarah Moody Sarah Moody has been named the FTSE 250-listed ...

Investors eye energy transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A renewable energy fund manager and developer has snapped up 28,000 hectares of land in NSW, in response to rising demand from both institutional and wholesale investors. Octopus Australia acquired the land to develop a new $3.5 billion 1-gigawatt Merino ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... updated its guide to ethical investing with several additions to further clarify what it considers before making an investment. The super fund added a list of positive and negative factors it considers in developing its criteria and investment restrictions. ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... available in 2025. Australia's inaugural Green Treasury Bond has been hotly anticipated, a spokesperson from Ethical Investment Advisers, the ethical investment specialists, commented. "It marks a significant step towards advancing our nation's commitment ...

Global investors unite for Climate Action 100+

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... should be able to articulate clearly how they are addressing climate change as a systemic risk." "Addressing significant investment risks, including climate risk, is a fiduciary imperative" The statement included signatories from the UK, Canada, the ...

Brookfield bids for majority stake in Neoen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... to acquire a 53% majority stake in French renewable energy company Neoen from current owners, including Impala, the investment vehicle of French entrepreneur Jacques Veyrat and his family, along with other shareholders. Brookfield wants to purchase the ...