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Strong wage growth lags inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... annual wage growth varied by industry, from 3.4% for the construction industry to 2.2% for the mining and electricity, gas, water, and waste services industries. Also notable, private sector wages grew more than public sector wages (2.7% and 2.4% respectively). ...

Aware Super completes agricultural land sale

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... Costa family. The company purchased the land, plant and equipment at Lake Boga as well as 8167 megalitres of low-reliability water entitlements. The asset includes one of the nation's largest tomato enterprises, a commercial plum orchard, a sheep ...

Morrison & Co buys stake in Lyntia Networks

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... statement,the specialist asset manager explained the plan to grow its European investment portfolio with equity investments in water, energy distribution, renewable energy and digital infrastructure. Morrison & Co partner and head of UK and Europe Vincent ...

Andrew Mouat joins Kilter Rural

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... Kilter's three managed funds. "I'm delighted to be joining Kilter Rural with their focus on investing in regenerating farmland, water and ecosystem assets in Australian landscapes," Mouat said. "It is a tremendously exciting time to be part of Kilter ...

Centuria sets up new agriculture fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... on Precision Farming assets, such as glasshouse production, netted crops, vertical farming and properties with access to water, substrate growing and automated harvesting. Secondly, it will target assets aligned to the agricultural supply chain, such ...

Retirees doing it tough: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... some major insurers increasing premiums by more than 3%. Other items that increased in price include vegetables and fruit, water and other drinks.

HESTA opposes AGL demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
The industry fund will not back the proposed demerger, saying it will not adequately support decarbonisation efforts and therefore wouldn't serve its members' best interests. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger. ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
Australian global dividends have completed their pandemic recovery and have eclipsed the previous 12-month record set in September 2019 by $6.7 billion. The latest Janus Henderson global dividend index shows that Australian dividends totalled $97.9 ...

ASX board diversity stagnating: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Nineteen per cent of female ASX 300 directors are dominating close to half of all female-occupied seats, according to diversity insights showing little has changed in the last 12 months. The 2022 Board Diversity Index, launched by the Governance Institute ...

AXA IM adds to ESG fund suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... energy transition and resource optimisation such as low carbon transport, renewable energies, responsible agriculture, food, water protection, natural resource preservation and recycling and waste reduction. "We believe businesses that continue to innovate ...