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Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... are optimistic - an increase from 56% in 2024. This optimism is driving increased investment in supply chains and sustainability. In fact, 62% of executives plan to fatten their sustainability budgets by 10.5% on average. This represents an increase ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... tobacco, and live animal exports. Owned by ISS STOXX, Rainmaker Group is publisher of Financial Standard and FS Sustainability.

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... investment brings the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) total commitment to residential energy efficiency and sustainability to more than $1.2 billion of its total $30 billion cash pool. The strategy targets 3000 units across major metropolitan ...

Apollo scoops up Argo Infrastructure Partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... US. Under the deal, Argo - which integrates ESG best practice into its investment decisions - will join Apollo's Sustainability and Infrastructure group. Upon closing, about $9.7 billion (US$6bn) in assets will be added to Apollo's platform, while more ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... alongside State Street and Vanguard, claiming their climate activism was a breach of antitrust laws. BlackRock told FS Sustainability the case was "baseless". In its letter to clients, the asset manager said its participation in NZAM didn't impact the ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... unsettling development given that, over the medium to long term, "higher productivity growth also underpins fiscal sustainability." "Even small changes that make the economy more dynamic and efficient can deliver big economic dividends and add up to ...

RBA 'paves way' for February rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... implication is that as the board becomes increasingly confident that inflation is moving back towards the target band sustainability, it will commence the process of removing some of that restrictiveness," Aird said. "Our base case remains for the RBA ...

Objective of super enshrined in law

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... delivering for members, now and into the future." Delahunty also welcomed the legislation's focus on equity and sustainability. "The objective's focus on equity ensures that superannuation delivers fair outcomes for all Australians, including women and ...

CareSuper, MIESF assess merger potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... closed fund, it also cannot take on the retirement savings of those working via labour hire companies. In 2022, APRA sustainability metrics showed MIESF had a total account growth rate (three-year average) of -9.23%, the fourth largest decline across ...

Perpetual reveals new leadership structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... global leadership restructure in its asset management arm, in a move that sees the departure of its chief risk and sustainability officer. As it gears up to become a standalone asset management business following the sale of its wealth management and ...