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Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... living tax offset that should apply to 10 million Australians per government estimates. However, when it comes to renewable energy and climate concerns, the budget was a "massive missed opportunity", according to Nicki Hutley, a climate councillor at ...

ETF investors soar to 1.7m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... than in 2019 at 4%. Investors expressed their growing demand for thematics such as artificial intelligence and renewable energy as opposed to plain vanilla ETFs like global equities. Last year was a significant inflection point that saw the concepts ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... more sustainable, investing $200 million into Infradebt's Ethical Fund to help accelerate the nation's renewable energy transition. AGL has plans to spin off its coal power stations to create Accel Energy. Last February, it appointed Vanessa ...

MA Financial partners with Chinese asset manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... natural fit," Pan said. "China is not only the world's second largest economy, but also the world's hub for renewable energy. Our extensive company coverage, depth of on-the-ground research and pioneered in-house ESG perspective on the China ...

Cannon-Brookes invests in renewables transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... sustainable investing sector, injecting $200 million into an initiative that will help accelerate the nation's renewable energy transition. The Cannon-Brookes-backed Grok Ventures allocated the sizeable investment via specialist private infrastructure ...

DomaCom hits $100m in FUM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... its offering to investors, providing access to a range of commercial property opportunities, rural farmland, renewable energy, property developments, disability and affordable housing, special opportunities in new business, mortgage lending and land ...

Quinbrook acquires battery storage specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
Renewable energy infrastructure investor Quinbrook Investment Partners has acquired a UK-based battery storage trading platform. Quinbrook has acquired Habitat Energy, a specialist in battery storage optimisation based in Oxford, UK. It will support ...

Downward fee trend hits ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... in heightened competition for assets and a refinement in pricing. The research also found management fees for renewable energy infrastructure strategies have fallen by 8% since 2016 and performance fees have also declined. However, fees for infrastructure ...

Rest firms up net zero pathway

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... Carbon Intensity of the equities portfolio year on year," the fund said. Rest also aims to increase investment in renewable energy and low-carbon assets to $2 billion by 2025 and aims to have directly owned property assets achieve net zero carbon emissions ...

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... AFSL. In addition, the committee recommended a tax concession of 10% for crypto miners that source their own renewable energy to generate computer power. "Australia can be a leader in digital assets. This means Australians can access new choices and ...