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Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... goals, ambitions, financial markets, portfolio performance and future trading intentions. The survey gathered views on inflation, geopolitics, the cost-of-living crisis, asset class allocation and ESG. APAC and Africa CEO Kevin Algeo said that the percentage ...

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... introduced starting at $23/tCO2, increasing over time and imposing uniformly on all industries to $70 in 2030 until 2035. The inflation impact of this policy is estimated to be 0.5% in 2023, increasing to 1.52% in 2035. This would be offset through redistribution ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... dioxide emissions and sovereign yields and spreads across advanced and developing countries. While factors like GDP, inflation, and account deficits are considered to drive government bond yields, Ryan said investors were penalising governments with ...

Challenging market weakens ESG-focused fund flows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian and New Zealand sustainable funds saw record outflows of US$1.7 billion against a backdrop of global outflows. Inflation, interest rates and recession fears are weakening flows into global sustainable funds overall- which attracted $US18 billion ...

Seismic shift expected in global energy mix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... goals will rely on finding sufficient capacity, Chamberlayne said. Policy initiatives such as EU's Green Deal and the US Inflation Reduction Act are set to strengthen energy security and meet net zero goals, seeking to invest €1.8 trillion and US$370 ...

Renewables need to ramp up significantly: CER

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... consumer choice," Power said. "You've got interest rates going up, you've got tight budgets, you've got inflation - but we're still seeing the solar PV industry continuing to boom." Large-scale generation certificates (LGCs) are designed ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG risks, as well as more traditional risk categories such as operational, market, liquidity, credit, currency, and inflation. Despite criticism that positions ESG as a barrier to fiduciary duty, panellists argued that embracing ESG principles is in ...

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 ...