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Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... cover all of Australia's population of 25.7 million (as at 30 June 2020, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show). Water, water everywhere but not all wants to drink. While there are enough vaccines to go around, only 66.2% of us, Australians ...

BetaShares launches climate ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... Climate Change Innovation ETF (ERTH) will track an index that will cover clean and renewable energy, green transportation, water and waste improvements, decarbonisation-enabling solutions and sustainable products. The launch of the ETF comes as it is ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... Instead, SRI will invest in companies that contribute to sustainable outcomes in renewable energy, green buildings, clean water, community infrastructure, green bonds and alternative foods. SRI launched in 2017, implementing an investment strategy that ...

New corporate bond fund launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... infancy, we are quite proud we have been able to address 13 of the 17 SDGs, such as sustainable cities and communities, clean water and sanitation and gender equality through some of the corporate bonds owned by the fund," Gallagher said. "We are achieving ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
Aware Super continues to build its affordable housing portfolio with the addition of a new development in Greater Western Sydney. The $135 billion superannuation fund will construct 300 affordable housing units and 8750 square metres of office and retail ...

Kearney Group launches responsible managed portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... well into tomorrow? What good is saving for retirement if when you get there, you can't breathe the air or drink the water, or the society you retire to deteriorates? These aren't a far-off dystopian fantasy. These are critical questions we need ...

First Sentier launches infrastructure fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... diversified portfolio of up to 40 stocks. The sectors the companies operate in include utilities (electric, natural gas and water), mobile tower operators, freight railways, energy pipelines, waste management and data centers, as well as listed companies ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water." - Jaws About this time last year, the world was alerted - but only mildly alarmed - at yet another SARS-like disease spreading in Wuhan, China (the first confirmed case reported on December ...

Commonwealth Super awards mandate for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... methodology for discerning and reducing such risks to deliver robust financial returns and promote efficient use of energy, water and scarce resources." Osmosis said the portfolio will be 60% more resource efficient than the MSCI World (ex-Australia) ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Facebook appears unfazed by antitrust lawsuits filed by 46 US states and the Federal Trade Commission seeking to force the social media giant to divest key assets, labelling the actions 'revisionist history'. The FTC and 48 Attorneys General ...