Investment

Decoding Trump 2.0 and the impact on ESG investing

MANS CARLSSON | MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025

From an ESG perspective, Trump's social, economic and political agenda will keep issues rich and complicated for companies and investors alike, and that means ESG remains as important as ever.

Powering AI: An opportunity for investors?

HAMISH CHAMBERLAYNE | THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025

Power availability is the biggest challenge for artificial intelligence (AI) growth.

Nothing to fear: Sustainable investing trade-offs

MIRZA BAIG | WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024

Sustainable investing, and the supposed trade-offs involved, have been a topic of heated debate. But trade-offs are a fundamental part of all types of investment; the key is to be clear about one's objectives.

What's exciting about water infrastructure?

TIM HUMPHREYS | THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023

With drought forecast for the next few years, there is a lot to get excited about water supply.

The importance of additionality in impact investing

MATT LAWTON | THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023

In the world of impact investing, additionality helps to generate positive outcomes that may not otherwise occur without the value of engagement or capital investment.

How smart approaches to decarbonisation can generate alpha

TRAVIS WHITMORE | THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023

As climate science becomes more widely accepted, a growing number of countries around the world are introducing net-zero pledges. As a result, more institutional investors are making commitments to decarbonize their portfolios.

The value of knowing what you own

MARY JANE MCQUILLEN | MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022

If 2020 was a year of reaction, ushering some of the biggest changes to daily life in recent memory, 2021 brought what could be called a year of reflection and reassessment.

Carbon capture - real deal or "Hail Mary pass" technology?

JANE BASEBY | FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022

Carbon capture technology brings with it the possibility of negative emissions - the holy grail of climate science, or at least of global transition to net zero. It presents as a tool for the energy transition (or detractors argue, a stay of execution ...

Five reasons investors should adopt an active versus passive ESG approach

JOEL CONNELL | THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022

The importance of integrating ESG related risks and opportunities into investment decisions has become undeniable. The ability for companies to generate superior shareholder returns is increasingly intertwined with ESG and sustainability factors.

Rethinking ESG in emerging markets

ARIF JOSHI | THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022

A forward-looking ESG analysis framework combined with traditional economic and balance sheet analysis can provide investors with a comprehensive view of the creditworthiness of borrowers in emerging markets.

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Green moves: AIA, AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY

AIA Australia's shared value guru departs, an ESG specialist joins alliance to get rid of waste, and business schools identify shortage in climate skills.

Sustainable real assets boutique launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

A new investment boutique has launched in Melbourne, focused on sustainable and inclusive real assets.

First Nations NFP mandates JANA

KARREN VERGARA

JANA has won a mandate from Aboriginal Investment NT to bolster its $655 million commercial investment portfolio (CIP).

Warakirri adds kiwifruit orchards to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN

Warakirri Asset Management has added a 200-hectare aggregation of three orchards, mainly kiwifruit, with some nashi and corella pears as well as jujubes, to its farmland fund.

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