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Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... social, and governance investing intensified, and political scrutiny reached new heights," Bioy noted. "Some individual states took legal action to limit the incorporation of ESG criteria in investment decisions. "Greenwashing concerns remained a persistent ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... lowering prices to maintain competitiveness in the US market or investing in local production facilities in the United States to avoid tariffs altogether. "However, the uncertainty surrounding potential tariffs and trade policies makes it challenging ...

February rate cut unlikely after inflation data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... (down 10.2%). "Annual CPI inflation has risen since last month, in part due to the timing of electricity rebates. In some states and territories, households received two rebate payments in October in lieu of not receiving a payment in July," ABS head ...

Productivity Commission tasked with five new inquiries

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... cleaner energy. "This agenda includes our $900 million National Productivity Fund to drive competition reforms through states and territories, the biggest reform to our merger system in almost 50 years, abolishing nearly 500 nuisance tariffs, boosting ...

JANA consultant heads to Qatar

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... equity and infrastructure team. The JANA operative joins a growing band of investment professionals relocating to the Gulf States. These include former Australian Retirement Trust deputy chief investment officer Charles Woodhouse and AustralianSuper's ...

Top superannuation policy priorities for 2025: SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... to submit hard copy forms with dual signatures from two witnesses. It also suggested ensuring all ID documents issued by States and Territories are included in the government's digital verification service; though making sure details on death certificates ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... their different levels of understanding," Vaka added. Lewis warned of the criminal implications of coercive control. Four states - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania - recognise coercive control as a standalone event, she said. ...

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Texas and 10 other Republican-led states are suing BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, saying their climate activism violated antitrust laws and caused reduced coal production and higher energy prices. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a case ...

Systemic issues impact 20k consumers: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... consumer loss due to a trade in which the system was not able to recognise variance in public holidays across different states. The date was a public holiday in New South Wales, but not in Queensland and the system accepted members' 'At Market' orders ...

Trump tariffs cause for concern among Australian investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... economic or any other form of 'security'. Our interests will of course continue to overlap with those of the United States, but they no longer coincide with them."