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Coalition's anti-ESG stance sparks investor backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The Coalition's widely reported threats to force banks to downweigh ESG considerations could create significant implications for ethical investment managers and superannuation funds. The Coalition leader said he intends to stop banks from blocking or ...

Trump Paris exit "bad news" for rest of world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
US President Donald Trump's administration could put climate action on the backburner globally - but DEI in Australia is unlikely to falter. Trump signed more than 200 executive orders on his first day back in office and revoked 78 executive actions ...

Quinbrook closes $722m debt financing for batteries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure Partners has closed debt financing for what is believed to be the largest battery storage financing in Australia to date. Financing for the Supernode project in Queensland was provided by Bank of America, Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... according to a new report from Oxfam, which is 1300 times more than what everyday workers make. The 47 billionaires based in Australia saw their wealth rise by more than 8% or $28 billion last year, the Takers Not Makers report shows. Oxfam found that ...

Australian Ethical 'cautious' on valuations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical is betting on the tech sector - and primarily artificial intelligence (AI) - being major themes for investors in 2025. Australian Ethical said while technology and AI drove market performance to new highs in 2024, it is looking for ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... guard, as companies with poorer corporate behaviour and culture have "consistently underperformed their peers both in Australia and globally," the firm's research indicated. Notably, companies that scored poorly in Acadian's management behaviour ...

Tyndall bolsters small cap team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
​Small cap specialist Josh Phillips has quit Aware Super to join Tyndall Asset Management's equity investment teams as a co-portfolio manager. Phillips will work alongside James Nguyen to help drive the performance of Tyndall AM's small companies' ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
QIC has welcomed two new starters to its state investments team: a portfolio manager in Brisbane and a senior portfolio manager in Sydney. Daniel Rigney has been appointed as portfolio manager, arriving from Rest Super, where he managed quantitative ...

Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... presided over two mergers. Most recently, he served as acting general manager of corporate services at Animal Health Australia. Before that, he was the chief executive at AvSuper for three years until the $2.4 billion superannuation fund was swallowed ...

Payton Capital strengthens NSW leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... represents a key milestone in the company's continued growth and expansion in 2025, following its entry into Western Australia and the opening of a second Queensland office in late 2024. The appointment follows a raft of appointments late last year ...