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Ethical funds get picky as carbon bakes into AI-heavy benchmarks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... would not be sensible for a sustainable portfolio to concentrate in a single AI infrastructure trade. "The risk in the benchmark today is that the global stock indices have become more concentrated towards AI-related infrastructure beneficiaries," Hindocha ...

Nanuk lands AustralianSuper investment heavyweight

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Nanuk Asset Management adds serious firepower to its investment team when it appointed Oliver Johnson, formerly at AustralianSuper, as portfolio manager early this month. Prior to the announcement, Johnson was a senior portfolio manager at AustralianSuper ...

Podcast: Leading the battery storage race

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... While many investors often look overseas for examples of energy innovation, Teitel argues that Australia is setting the benchmark for large-scale battery deployment and optimisation. She believes international markets are increasingly studying Australia's ...

NZ Super updates sustainable investment policy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... Further, the Sustainable Investment Policy sets the UN-backed principles for responsible investment "as our performance benchmark for sustainable investment." These include policy statements covering the integration of ESG considerations into investment ...

Northern Trust AM Australia shares in $4.3bn climate transition mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Northern Trust Asset Management Australia is one of several fund managers that scored a major mandate from Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) to help manage a total pool of US$3 billion ($4.3bn) for a climate transition investment strategy. The BLF ...

Future Generation returns top 20%

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... managed by 16 active fund managers and has significantly lower exposure to Australia's largest listed companies than the benchmark, with the top 10 stocks accounting for just 16.6% of the portfolio compared with 45.3% of the index. Future Generation ...

CEFC backs commercialising battery electric trucks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is backing large-scale deployment of battery electric trucks (BETs) by committing $22 million to electric fleet specialist Zenobē Australia. With the funding, Zenobē will acquire a fleet of up to 148 BETs ...

HESTA says ethical screens partly to blame for 'disappointing' ESG returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Riddhima Talwani HESTA's Sustainable Growth option returned members 2.75% over the last year. In comparison, its High Growth and Conservative options returned 11.5% and 6.4% respectively. In a statement to Financial Standard HESTA noted member aligned ...

Institutional appetite outstrips climate investment opportunities: IGCC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... factors hindering capital allocation at scale: uncertain tax settings, lengthy approval processes, outdated superannuation benchmark, and a lack of coordinated energy and industrial planning. "The drivers for the difficulties in realising energy transition ...

What does a world with 'zero migration' look like?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Oxford Economics has hypothesised an extreme scenario of "zero migration" globally and found while destination economies, mostly advanced, would see significant declines in output per capita, origin economies would have modest gains as retained labour ...
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