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Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... meaningful carbon abatement. The fund will also employ a 'pick and shovel' strategy, explicitly focusing on listed and unlisted small to mid-sized companies which have attractive earnings profiles and trade at a discount to valuation. Qantas Super chief ...

Top super funds for ESG revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... Two-thirds of ESG super funds have explicitly declared a net zero target year of no later than 2050, while Rainmaker notes that a small number of ESG super funds have even declared that they will aim to be net-zero by 2030. "Funds are also trying to ...

Mutual sector overcomes pandemic headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... Report released by the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals also showed that Australia's top 100 member-owned businesses recorded strong earnings growth over the last year. This year's report found Australian co-operative and mutual enterprises ...

Stuart Robert named shadow financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... lead to higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, or further drive-up prices for households and small businesses." Meanwhile, former financial services and superannuation minister Hume will serve as shadow finance minister, in addition to ...

AGL abandons demerger, leadership resigns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... long term holders of AGL Energy shares. "However, having regard to anticipated voter turnout and stated opposition from a small number of investors including Grok Ventures, AGL Energy believes the demerger proposal will not receive sufficient support." ...

Just 14.8% of hedge fund leaders are female: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... of an issue than for men. Since the pandemic, more female fund managers reported having invested more into mid-sized businesses at 63%, compared to 51% of men. This was the chosen business size of women, who reported investing 25% in smaller or larger ...

How AMP plans to bounce back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... be reviewed following the completion of the sale of Collimate Capital. AMP offloaded the entity's two separate businesses to Dexus and DigitalBridge last month and intends to distribute the proceeds of both transactions to shareholders. "We intend ...

Aussie private capital on the rise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... and 25% of the total sum raised at final close. "Private debt managers are an increasingly important source of funds for small to mid-sized Australian companies, as the commercial banks impose tighter lending conditions in response to regulatory pressures," ...

OC Funds Management snares senior investment analyst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... analyst. Reporting to the head of investment Robert Frost, Yeoh will be responsible for research and analysis of Australian small and mid-cap companies. Yeoh will also add to the team's coverage across a broad range of sectors including consumer discretionary ...

Government welcomes ATO family trust guidance

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... on family trusts, noting that they are a legitimate and important way for families, particularly those running small businesses, to manage their financial affairs. This draft guidance replaces the ATO's 2014 guidance, which taxpayers and their advisers ...