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AI and crypto mining to drive energy opps: PGIM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The rising consumption of all things digital - cloud computing, artificial intelligence and crypto mining - are giving fund managers new and unlikely sources of alpha in the global energy sector, PGIM research shows. In its investment report titled ...

APRA acts on climate risk watch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... working to improve transparency more broadly in the superannuation industry, to ensure trustees act in the best interests of fund members. Lonsdale made the comments during his opening statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee this week. ...

Pollination targets climate tech start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Pollination has launched a new $150 million fund for clean energy and technology start-ups with the Queensland government as a cornerstone investor. QIC-managed Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) committed to invest an undisclosed sum ...

Fintech group nabs ESG lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... a growth drive in the ESG team, to firm up its sustainability and climate services offering for Australian companies and fund managers, with an increasing focus on the incoming mandatory climate reporting standards. Spending time at Mirvac, Morrow Sodali ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... misleading the public with false claims about its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials. The profit-to-member fund, which is set to merge with Vision Super in March 2025, made claims on its website and social media, and through public ...

abrdn strengthens sustainability function

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... appointments, and the launch of a new executive sustainability committee. Sarah Moody Sarah Moody has been named the FTSE 250-listed fund group's new chief corporate affairs and sustainability officer. BNY Mellon's global head of commercial sustainable ...

Investors eye energy transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A renewable energy fund manager and developer has snapped up 28,000 hectares of land in NSW, in response to rising demand from both institutional and wholesale investors. Octopus Australia acquired the land to develop a new $3.5 billion 1-gigawatt Merino ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... guide to ethical investing with several additions to further clarify what it considers before making an investment. The super fund added a list of positive and negative factors it considers in developing its criteria and investment restrictions. It said ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Banking Corporation are Joint Lead Managers (JLMs) for the issue. Australia's green bond program has been eagerly awaited, with fund managers saying it will ensure capital is deployed to sustainable projects. The launch follows a four-week roadshow across ...

Global investors unite for Climate Action 100+

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... (CalSTRS), Nippon Life Insurance Company, the Church of England Pensions Board, and the New York State Common Retirement Fund. The world's largest investor-led engagement initiative on corporate greenhouse gas emissions received backing from asset ...