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AGL mulls sale of Tilt Renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
AGL Energy has confirmed it is considering selling its 20% stake in the wind and solar energy generator. Yesterday, AGL was forced to comment following reporting by the Australian Financial Review that it was selling its interest in Tilt Renewables. ...

Green moves: Australian Ethical, Optus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
The $13 billion fund manager is welcoming a former Perpetual executive to its investment team. Nathan Parkin has been appointed Australian Ethical's head of equities, effective June 13, and will play a critical role in steering the ethical manager's ...

Mind the reporting gap: ASX companies urged to improve

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Research from UNSW finds that while 97% of ASX100 companies report on social topics, most disclosures are inconsistent in quality and difficult to compare due to a lack of standardisation. ASX100 companies are being urged to go beyond simple box-ticking ...

Jarden Strengthens advisory team with Rothschild exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Jarden has nabbed a Rothschild & Co heavyweight to further bolster its trans-Tasman strategic advisory business. Sam Prentice has joined the trans-Tasman stockbroker as a managing director. Jarden said he has been instrumental in building Rothschild's ...

Disclosure of climate risks doubles in four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The number of companies reporting on the impact of climate risks in their financial statements has more than doubled in the last four years. That's according to a review of the financial statements of the largest companies from the ASX 200, 50 listed ...

Woodside investors urged to sack the board over dud returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Woodside's board is on notice as the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) urges investors to clean house, blaming directors for chronically weak returns and climate risk failures. The ACCR filed members' statements opposing the re-election ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Doug Tynan's GCQ Funds Management joins a growing number of active managers to enter the exchange-traded fund sector. The Sydney-based firm's flagship fund will trade on the ASX as an active ETF providing investors with access to GCQ's concentrated ...

Weak whistleblowing protocols risks ethicswashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
ESG commitments without whistleblowing infrastructure in place risk 'ethicswashing' and enforcement by the regulator, warns global reporting services provider Report It Now. You've heard of greenwashing, greenhushing and socialwashing - now meet ethicswashing ...

Cbus recruits lead for new core equities portfolio

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Cbus has appointed an executive to manage a new portfolio of active large-cap Australian stocks as the fund steps up its push to bring more of its assets in-house. The $100 billion industry fund has appointed Cooper Investments veteran Ryan Riedler ...

Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The activist shareholder group Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX) has set its scope on large, listed firms that fail to provide paid parental leave. They are targeting childcare provider G8 Education, which employs over 10,000 staff. G8 is an outlier ...
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