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Hastings founder launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... and Western Australia's Esperance Energy), energy (Western Australia's Kwinana Power and Neerabup Power) and transport (South Australia's Flinders Port and NSW's Port of Newcastle Export Terminal). "We support the widely held belief that ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Worst investment ideas revealed: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... service. If this is true, in the US alone $400 billion of assets could be at risk. ARK also believes that traditional transport - cars, buses and planes - could be history with robo-taxis taking over. "If robo-taxis become the dominant form of urban ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
Aware Super has tightened the screens on its socially responsible investment (SRI) option as the $97 billion fund beefs up its ESG credentials, reshuffling investment mandates in the process. The managers with SRI mandates from Aware Super include Redpoint ...

ASX200 advance climate targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... amount in 2017. This includes 83% of ASX200 energy companies, up from 36% in 2018, 50% of utilities up from 25%, 83% of transport up from 50% and 71% of banks up from 29%. Of the 60 companies that reported against the TCFD, 32 did scenario analysis (up ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... tighter curbs, which includes a ban on households socialising indoors, limit mixing outdoors and discourage use of public transport. Meanwhile, Spain's Catalonia shut bars and restaurants. Italy did the same for many regions and strengthened existing ...

AUSTRAC releases guidance on wildlife trafficking

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
AUSTRAC private-public initiative the Fintel Alliance has released a financial crime guide to combat Australia's illegal wildlife trafficking industry. The guide, developed in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, draws ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... clients opportunities in the growing market for green bonds, and funds projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, transport, sustainable forestry and climate resilience, it said. It comes following an extended period of intense criticism at AMP ...

Tax concessions, infrastructure in focus for budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... resourced skills training and development. Lower taxes. Boosting infrastructure investment in our water, energy and transport grids," he said. "Cutting red tape and making it easier to do business. Fixing problems in our industrial relations system to ...

Pension funds sue Allianz Global Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Several pension funds are suing hedge funds managed by Allianz Global Investors for allegedly engaging in risk-taking behaviour and losing billions of dollars in retirement savings. The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) was the first pension ...