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Data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... fund manager clients; Aware, HESTA, and IFM Investors. The increase in demand is part of a push to base reporting and investment decisions on real data - and ultimately, to prevent greenwashing, CEO Carl Prins said. The regulatory is scrutinising green ...

Holdings fly in face of super duty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... expansion plans go ahead. The funds with default options most exposed to these companies were: UniSuper's Balanced Investment Option (11.5%), Commonwealth Super Corporation's Public Sector Superannuation Default (10.8%), and MLC's MySuper Growth ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... near-term emissions reduction targets. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has put out it's State of Net Zero Investment Report for 2024, with data as of September 2023 from 63 firms managing $5 trillion. Approximately 87% of respondents were ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... electricity generation and supply; minerals, mining and metals; and construction and the built environment. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Co-CEO Estelle Parker said the news is a milestone in Australia's sustainable finance ...

Govt moves timetable on power station closure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... it makes up 40%. Australia is "lagging" and needs to move beyond "aging and aged" coal and gas assets, responsible investment and sustainability specialist Desiree Lucchese told FS Sustainability. "Australia is falling behind on clean energy and losing ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty said at the Australian Shareholders' Association Conference yesterday that addressing the supply side of the housing crisis requires an infusion of private capital. ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Geopolitical risks are dictating how family offices in the Asia Pacific invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific ...

Fossil fuel funding down 20pc: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Financing for fossil fuel companies has fallen sharply overall since the Paris Agreement was inked in 2016 but progress among the world's top banks has been mixed. The world's 60 largest banks, including Australia's Big Four banks, committed US$6.9 ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... investments appealing to many of their clients, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures and political differences. Ethical investment leaders spoke at the Financial Standard's inaugural Future Investing Forum, held in Melbourne today. "The one constant ...

Australian Ethical snaps up asset manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... their fixed income capabilities, expanding Australian Ethical's bond fund portfolio, and growing its sustainable investment team to seven. Australian Unity will also become one of Australian Ethical's largest institutional clients. The ethical ...