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Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... throw money at the problem. But this time is different. Throwing more money to shore up economic activity only makes the fire of inflation burn even more. Then again, not doing so to tame escalating price increases risks sending employment and incomes ...

Firetrail Investments launches global equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The new fund is led by Patrick Hodgens, James Miller, and Justin Gray, who have worked together for more than 15 years running high conviction investment strategies. The Firetrail S3 Global Opportunities Fund aims to outperform the MSCI Global Index ...

Super for home deposits could ignite new boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... so much worse," McKell Institute executive direct Michael Buckland said. "The Tim Wilson proposal would pour fuel on the fire of our housing market at exactly the time when we are desperate for a little calm. "Super-for-housing would mean first-home ...

Labor pledges calm in superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... parliament, will be legislated. He will look at the effectiveness of Single Touch Payroll and "hold the ATO's feet to the fire" in terms of better enforcing and collecting super. Jones sparred with minister for superannuation, financial services ...

ISPT on track to carbon positive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... on behalf of ISPT were generated by three projects: the Paroo River North Environmental Project, the Central Arnhem Land Fire Abatement Project and the Tallering Station Human Induced Regeneration Project. Two of these are Indigenous carbon farming projects. ...

ESG investing 2.0 emerges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... kicked off with what we call the Black Summer bushfire event in New South Wales and Victoria and led to 46 million acres of fire damage, followed by some of the worst floods we've seen in some time," she said. Another trigger was the coronavirus ...

FTSE Russell launches new ESG indexes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
FTSE Russell has introduced six Russell ESG indexes, based on the Russell 1000, 2000 and 3000 benchmarks. The Russell US ESG Indexes are designed to integrate ESG into institutional-grade US equity indexes. The six new indexes are constructed using ...

Pinnacle NPAT doubles in FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Pinnacle Investment Management reported a 108% increase in net profit after tax to $67 million in FY21, after strong inflows and good performance. Its boutique partners' total FUM at June end was $89.4 billion, up 52% from FY20. The FUM has grown at ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
There are structural issues with the ways in which companies handle sexual harassment complaints which inherently discriminate against victims, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference has heard. That was the message heard ...

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... consultation with the industry. Classes of insurance products exempt from the laws include: third party property damage, fire and theft insurance for motor vehicles; comprehensive insurance for boats, motorcycles, motorhomes, caravans, and trucks; insurance ...