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Australian Ethical drops investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... option and super members in the high growth option will see performance fees dropped from 0.02% to 0.01%. However, the super fund said transaction costs will rise. Super members in the growth option will see costs rise from nil to 0.05%, those in the ...

UN PRI bolsters APAC expertise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... in Indonesian. Meanwhile, Celine Woldring has started a new job as senior associate responsible investment at Dimensional Fund Advisors. She was previously at Citi for more than six years. In Canberra, the Climate Change Authority (CCA) has appointed ...

Impact investor boosts affordable housing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
In five years since inception, one asset manager which blends the expertise of nonprofit and finance specialists has invested over $400 million of impact via managed funds. Conscious Investment Management (CIM) is focused on delivering social and environmental ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... which is scheduled to be completed by November 22. As responsible entity, Equity Trustees said the decision to wind up the fund was due to the fund not attracting the desired number of investors or investment scale, and no further growth is expected ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Insignia Financial is set to pilot a four-day work week, a win for employees in recent Enterprise Agreement (EA) negotiations. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) and Insignia Financial have capped months of bargaining, with 68% of employees voting in favour ...

First Sentier heeds the call of nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... including the likes of Australia's Alphinity Investment Management, Bank Australia, Metrics Credit Partners, and natural capital fund manager New Forests. It's not just the finance sector that can sign up - corporations like Qantas, educational institutions ...

Westpac, CEFC back climate tech fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... over 50 backers to the tune of $100 million at first close. It is Virescent Ventures second climate technology investment fund (Fund II). Cornerstone investors are Westpac and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The new fund aims to deploy $200 ...

From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Is green tech Sumday the country's next unicorn? The Tasmania-based start-up has inked deals with more than 45 accounting groups less than two years after its launch. Jessica Richmond, chief executive of Sumday, was a lawyer by trade before she ...

Asset owners embrace sustainable investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds are increasingly worried about climate change's impact on their investments. Asset owners are more confident in data, feel less hindered by regulation, and more concerned over the impact of climate ...

Carbon price could stall $600bn super loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Super funds risk a major financial hit in the next decade if they hesitate on carbon, warns a prominent climate risk analyst. Kicking the can down the road could wipe $600 billion off the value of super savings of Aussies retiring in the next decade. ...