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T. Rowe Price launches new impact fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... climate and resources, social equity and quality of life, and sustainable innovation and productivity guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). It also excludes certain industries and companies, including fossil fuels, tobacco ...

Use of cryptos to boom in 2022: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... December; while around 23 million users held Ethereum and the rate increased by only 1.4% during the period. Crypto.com said nations can no longer afford to ignore the growing push towards crypto by the public. "We may in many cases expect a friendlier ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... investments, and revise their definitions of controversial weapons to include nuclear weapons in line with the United Nations. The report states that while several superannuation fund websites state that they exclude controversial weapons, they do not ...

Aware Super chief executive named Fund Executive of the Year

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and a member of the United Nations Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance. "As a proud sponsor of the award, we congratulate Deanne for her tenacity ...

Australian philanthropy awards winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... generous funding he has provided time, knowledge and leadership to countless organisations and in recent years, as the nations' regions have been impacted by debilitating drought, bushfires and then of course the pandemic, his family foundation has supported ...

Ninety One launches net zero index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... Investec Group, has launched a net zero index in response to ubiquitous net zero commitments from institutional investors, nations and companies. The Net Zero Sovereign Index will provide sovereign debt investors with an independently verified assessment ...

CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... long-term holdings of fossil fuel reserves." Elsewhere, Goldman Sachs joined as a signatory to the industry-led, United Nations-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Goldman Sachs announced in March it is aligning its financing activities with a net zero ...

Joining the 1% around the world: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... $1400 annually, Kenyans are closer to achieving the $20,000 required to join the 1% in their country than any of the other nations analysed. In Vietnam, it would still take roughly 74 years to earn the $160,000 required to join the 1% as a result of ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... crisis of 2008-2009, inflation died. We've been all witnesses to half-a-century low unemployment rates across many nations around the world and yet inflation remained dead. So much so that in its 13 April 2013 publication, The Economist printed "The ...

RIAA, HESTA back key First Nations project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... Lendlease have launched an initiative that will focus on strengthening Australia's First People's heritage laws. The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA), and the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...