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Australia can lead energy transition, climate investing: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... Australia is the largest exporter of coal and gas combined in the world, The Superpower Institute's Rob Sims said the country is in an even better place to supply other countries with new forms of energy sources as the world moves to net zero. "We've ...

Impact investors need instos, governments to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... types of opportunities] to impact the kind of community we want to live in, we fail and we fail substantially. So, this country is extraordinarily privileged to have that opportunity," he said. Financial Standard is a media partner of the 2025 Impact ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... said. "This progress has been exceptional, but not accidental. The credit belongs to Australians in every corner of our country. We've come a long way, but there's more work to do." Two new "modest" tax cuts will be introduced, that Chalmers ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... practices that choose to fully bulk bill. It also means there will be around 4800 fully bulk billing practices across the country, saving patients about $860 million per year. Bulk billing incentives will be expanded to cover all Australians for the ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Canada's largest pension scheme has hired a former CalPERS investment chief who famously led a big push into private equity and private debt. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has confirmed the appointment of Ben Meng as head of investment ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... effect across the value chain. This reflects recent research that found the Australian skills gap crisis is costing the country $3.5 billion a year, or $9 million a day. The OECD estimates that, by 2028, the global job skills gap will cost US$11.5 trillion. ...

India Avenue launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... compelling choice for Australian and New Zealand investors looking to diversify their portfolios and capitalise on the country's vast potential," he said. Equity Trustees acts as the responsible entity. India Avenue has two other funds - the India Avenue ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... invasion of Ukraine. For example, an Active Super Responsible Investment report highlighted 'RUSSIA OUT' as a country exclusion. That report revealed that Active Super held investments in Russian stocks through two emerging market funds but begun ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The markets regulator in China is threatening to slash the pay of fund managers by 50% if they underperform their benchmarks as part of a shake-up of the US$4.6 trillion mutual fund industry, according to a report. A Bloomberg article shows that the ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
China is now better equipped to absorb US trade tariffs compared to 2018-19 and is poised for growth that can benefit Australia despite the unrelenting trade war, according to experts who spoke at the China Investor Symposium. Amid the spate of universal ...