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Canberra's new plan a winner for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... taxpayer dollars into this "new economic reality" and forms part of Australia's response to the US's $1 trillion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The government previously announced it will allocate $2 billion towards the Hydrogen Headstart, $1 ...

Impact investing drops down the list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
New global findings from a US$240 billion asset manager finds that persistent inflation and market volatility has investors' minds focused on returns rather than impact. While impact investing experiences a drop in appeal, nearly three-quarters ...

Execs sceptical of 2050 net zero goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... percentage points from 2023 to 2024, to 70% of executives. The US was identified as a leader in green investments. Due to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the availability of low-cost natural gas feedstock, 79% of all executives view it as an attractive ...

Members shouldn't carry energy and housing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... and how quickly you will deteriorate the compounding benefit to your future for things that are immediately driving inflation or property prices." Sawtell-Rickson said housing affordability is an issue, but it is not the superannuation industry's ...

Canberra targets natural disaster insurance gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... globally due to increased natural hazard events, increases in the cost of rebuilding post-disaster, and asset price inflation. Home insurance costs rose 28% in the year to March 2023, with higher-risk properties copping a 50% increase in premiums, according ...

Aware and Macquarie partner on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... 2030: the estimated cost sits at $US3.5 trillion annual capital investment to 2050. The deal comes at a time that the US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has pushed $500 b of new spending and tax breaks to accelerate the transition to net zero in the ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Work on climate continues quietly in the background, while AI, geopolitical risk and the stickiness of inflation take centre stage. That's the takeaway from the Financial Standard annual Chief Economists Forum this week where Nicki Hutley, independent ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... but with reservations or qualifications. "All it then takes are changes such as the recent cost of living crisis and inflation to tip a lot of those marginal support votes into marginal against votes." Georgeson noted that the number of ASX300 companies ...

BlackRock's Evergreen Infrastructure fund scores US$1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Evergreen Infrastructure was announced in June 2022 and seeks to deliver consistent long-term cash yield, and resilient inflation-linked, fully contracted returns for investors. It invests in a portfolio of diversified core infrastructure businesses ...

Investment in climate tech plummets 40%: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... while North America and China shifted away from mobility-related start-ups and towards industry, likely a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Asia-Pacific region and Europe doubled down on mobility over the past two years. The rest of world saw ...
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