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ESG funds, ETPs see billion-dollar inflows

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... products (ETPs) have shown strong growth overall in the last 12 months. According to research from Rainmaker Information, a net total of $1.9 billion have gone into ESG related unit trusts in the twelve months to the end of June 2021, while a further ...

Pengana Capital reports positive impacts of equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... education for each $100,000 increment. In that same period, the fund returned 13.7% compared to the benchmark MSCI World Total Return Index (net, AUD unhedged) return of 5.6%. "This year, the report is entitled Building Back Better, which gives a sense ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... which include a fixed-rate note of $362 million and NHFIC's first floating-rate note of $100 million. This brings the total value of bonds issued by NHFIC to $2 billion. A growing demand saw the bond issue two times oversubscribed, reflecting high ...

Alphinity launches SDG-aligned fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... investment team selects stock on a bottom-up basis to create the portfolio, which will hold between 25 and 35 stocks in total. "We can find companies that fit the criteria across most sectors, with the possible exception of the energy sector, which for ...

Agriculture business signs first sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... accelerate transition plans," Vacy-Lyle said. Australia's beef industry accounts for almost a quarter of the country's total agriculture production. Stockyard is an industry leader in emissions reduction and animal welfare. Stockyard's primary ...

Global sustainable investment grows 15%: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... investment industry has grown to US$35.3 trillion. Canada has the highest proportion of sustainably managed funds at 62% of total AUM, followed by Europe, on 42%, Australasia at 38%, the United States at 33% and Japan on 24%. The report shows the continuing ...

ASX200 CEO pay drops to lowest levels in more than decade: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... ACSI has tracked CEO remuneration. For ex-100 CEOs, median realised pay dropped 22% to below $1.70mn. Median reported pay (total pay according to Australian regulations) fell 18.6% to $3.68mn, the lowest level since 2006, and lower and less frequent ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... facility in regional New South Wales. The project will also draw on $16.5 million in debt finance from Commonwealth Bank, for a total debt finance package of $33 million, to build the $45 million state-of-the-art recycling facility. Circular Plastics ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The fast-growing buy now pay later (BNPL) sector has attracted investor and consumer interest and has led many entrants to jump into the Australian market. Yet investors and financial counsellors are raising concerns about the structure of BNPL products ...

Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... with Indigenous heritage protection following the Juukan Gorge caves destruction. HESTA has also committed to commit to a total portfolio net-zero emissions target by 2050 as part of a Climate Change Transition Plan and was the founding investor of 40:40 ...