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Super fund rebrands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... Following numerous cases of mistaken identity, a $2 billion industry superannuation fund has rebranded. EISS Super, or the Electricity Industry Superannuation Scheme, has changed its name to ElectricSuper. "We're still the same fund, offering great ...

IFM to spend $25bn on Aussie infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... expected to create 50,000 new jobs. The industry-fund-owned fund manager will invest in existing assets including electricity distributor Ausgrid, international airports (Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Darwin) and seaports (Brisbane, Botany, Kembla). ...

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... with monopoly characteristics and defensive cash flows, such as airports, toll roads, rail roads and water, gas and electricity utilities. However, power producers and retailers with exposure to volume and pricing risk are avoided, as are sectors with ...

Suncorp responds to shareholder resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... does not directly invest in, finance or underwrite new thermal coal mining extraction projects, or new thermal coal electricity generation, and will phase out of these exposures by 2025. Market Forces has hailed Suncorp's exit from thermal coal as a ...

Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... does not directly invest in, finance or underwrite new thermal coal mining extraction projects, or new thermal coal electricity generation, and we will phase out of these exposures by 2025. We will seek to increase exposure to businesses that have a ...

Aussie income fund added to platforms

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... slowdown or recession". The fund's current holdings are diversified across regions and infrastructure sectors with electricity the largest single sector, making up 50% of the portfolio and the USA and Canada the single largest region at 37%. Last year ...

Industry funds could solve energy crisis: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... calling for industry funds to take a leading hand in solving Australia's energy crisis. The paper, Modernising electricity sectors sees ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony highlight how the collective investment power of the industry funds could ...

Rest increases renewable energy investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... size of 18,000 hectares and 206 megawatts of total capacity - generates between 40% and 50% of the state's renewable electricity on average. It held a five-star Global Real Estate Sustainable Benchmark rating in 2018. Rest's in-house investment manager ...

Institutional investors call out climate policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... traditional land care practice is blended with modern environmental science." IGCC chief executive Emma Herd said in the electricity sector alone, more than $1.3 billion of investment is needed each and every year over the next 20 years to achieve emissions ...

Aussies want budget help: MoneySoft

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... better control over their money. "We haven't had wage rises in five years but we've seen other expenses like electricity, private health costs, and home loans increase," she said. Martin said that while things are getting tighter for Gen's X ...