Investment

Reforms needed to make most of public investment funds: IGCC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Reports suggest the government is looking to review its swathe of green funds.

Second Stewart Investors fund closed on scale concerns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors (SI) has shut another strategy, citing inability to reach sufficient scale.

Australia misses out on China's cleantech boom: CEF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Australia is being overlooked by China's US$180 billon cleantech boom, according to Climate Energy Finance (CEF), warning this is putting the country's net zero and decarbonisation goals at risk.

Technology transforming biodiversity risk assessments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Biodiversity impact assessment frameworks are being transformed by technological innovations that are creating wider databases for more holistic analysis.

CEFC invests $35m in Starling Energy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is investing $35 million through the CEFC Household Energy Upgrades Fund.

EPBC Act reforms offer clearer decarbonisation pathway: Fund manager

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) that passed last week will provide a clearer pathway towards decarbonisation for investors, according to Ellerston Capital.

Stewart Investors, Janus Henderson shutter funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
First Sentier Group terminated the Stewart Investors Emerging Market Leaders Fund, while Janus Henderson did the same with its Net Zero Transition Resources Active ETF.

HESTA opens first build-to-rent precinct through HAFF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
The new precinct provides 362 homes across five buildings including 272 affordable and social homes.

Rio Tinto expands renewable energy portfolio

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
Rio Tinto is expanding its renewable energy portfolio globally by investing in lower-emissions steel making and supporting greenfield renewable energy generation projects.

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey says the super fund considers global resilience to be as important as climate change when it comes to making investment decisions.