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Infrastructure funds challenge private equity in ESG race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... impact funds have accounted for over 50% of aggregate capital raised, the data found. Preqin said this is due to the US Inflation Reduction Act, which is driving capital towards renewables manufacturing. The act "is expected to release around $3 trillion ...

ASX C-Suite notch up double-digit salary increases: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Average pay packets for top brass at ASX-listed companies rose an inflation-busting 15% for CEOs and 19% for managing directors, according to the Governance Institute of Australia. The Governance Institute has released its annual Board & Executive Remuneration ...

A new "nuclear renaissance" for investors: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... over the medium-term with a potential price in excess of US$80/lb due to marginal production costs and project cost inflation. "If you look at the International Energy Agency's pathway to net zero emissions by 2050, almost half of the reductions ...

Investment opportunities in a changing global food system

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... workforce and has significant political influence and macroeconomic implications, including influencing consumer price inflation, impacting central bank policies and government actions and affecting overall economic activity. 29% of the global population ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... international events, including the catastrophic floods in NSW and Queensland, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rising global inflation, and a corresponding rise in interest rates and cost of living. Notably, the tumultuous start to 2022 saw Australians' ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate Energy Finance said that the new authority would align Australian policy with the international context. "The US Inflation Reduction Act represents both a strategic threat and massive strategic opportunity for Australia, as does the broader context ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... gigawatt-hours from wind and utility-scale solar, mostly from wind. Texas, Bratton Hughes says, is poised to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) due to its stance on energy independence. "Texas is sick of being on an exclusion list," she said. ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... are eating into their savings," he said. "That's an ongoing issue." Bangladesh has also experienced high rates of inflation, increasing the strain and causing social unrest, a further risk for companies and investors, Carlsson said. Taking a global ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... that we now have state and federal alignment but also at the global level, it's only going one direction. The US Inflation Reduction Act is a global gamechanger." Buckley explained that Australia does not have the capacity to do a competitive version ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... them and use our unique resources to realise our competitive advantage." In the US alone, since the introduction of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) approximately $40 billion worth of investment in the electric vehicle, battery, and solar manufacturing ...