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APAC outperforms despite global sustainable finance retreat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... dealmaking. "Not just the headline deals, although we have seen quite a number of investment in energy companies to transition to clean energy, and the renewable space another growth area that we have been watching. Even from a social aspect, and with ...

HESTA adds US$200m to Stafford Capital private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
... Sustainable Development Goals, including good health and wellbeing, gender equality, affordable and clear energy, climate action, clean water and sanitation, and decent work and economic growth. HSCIT invests through a strategy that targets direct co-investments ...

Global X launches uranium ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... demand will continue to increase as nuclear power use rises around the world as a crucial power source to facilitate the clean energy transition. Nuclear power capacity is set to dramatically increase in the coming decades, with projections anticipating ...

Mercer identifies investment opportunities for 2023

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... transition, the report said: "We suggest investors stick to their principles on sustainability but ensure that efforts to 'clean' portfolios are aligned with the need to green the planet." Though often overlooked by investors are mining stocks that are ...

Super fund reporting requirements 'a dog's breakfast'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has doubled down on overhauling transparency requirements so members can access clearer, more meaningful, and more consistent information about their fund. "Decades of scattergun ...

HESTA to commit $100m to green hydrogen

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... Countrywide managing director and ReNu Energy executive director Geoffrey Drucker said: "The momentum for the transition to clean energy and the decarbonisation of economies and industry is growing. Countrywide Hydrogen saw HESTA as an institutional ...

ASIC takes first action over greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... electricity from solar power; its gas-to-power project would be 'low emissions'; and that it was equally concerned with producing 'clean energy' using renewable sources as it was with developing its gas-to-power project. ASIC was concerned that Tlou ...

New ETF to invest in green metal producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
Global X has launched the Global X Green Metals Miners ETF (GMTL), investing in companies producing metal for clean energy infrastructure and technologies. The ETF launch comes as significantly more green metals are required to produce, transmit and ...

Separation of ANZ P&I business completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... planned timelines," Insignia Financial chief transformation officer Chris Weldon said. "Unravelling complexities to achieve a clean separation is no small feat. All of the systems and people supporting the P&I business and its clients have now transitioned ...

Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
Members of funds that failed the inaugural Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test aren't leaving, with new modelling showing just 10% have found a new fund. According to Industry Super Australia (ISA) analysis, only 10% of members switched ...