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University endowment mandates Osmosis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... than 5% of revenues from fossil fuels or nuclear power. It also excludes controversial weapons, civilian firearms, and tobacco manufacturing. The strategy addresses both the supply side of fossil fuel energy generation through divestment of fossil fuels ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... Marquardt said. The largest contributors to the annual movement were food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.1%), alcohol and tobacco (+6.7%), and housing (+1.8%). Excluding volatile items, underlying inflation was also down in February - showing a positive ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... members about its ESG credentials purported to eliminate investments in Russian companies and others involved in mining and tobacco, the Federal Court determined this morning. Justice O'Callaghan said it is not disputed that the super fund's ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... portfolio adopts a socially responsible investment framework. Investments exclude, but are not limited to, gambling, weapons, tobacco, and whale meat harvesting or processing. "As a council, we are mindful that we must be socially responsible investors. ...

Deflation continues, albeit slowly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... largest contributors to the annual movement were food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.3%), housing (+2.1%), and alcohol and tobacco (+6.4%). The increase in annual food inflation was mainly driven by fruit, with prices 12.3% higher compared to 12 months ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... (ABS) has revealed. The most significant price rises in the quarter were recreation and culture (+1.5%), and alcohol and tobacco (+2.4%), while housing (-0.7%) and transport (-0.7%) were partially offsetting the rise. It has also improved from the previous ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... over 12 months. Tracking the MSCI World Index, the option excludes nuclear energy and uranium, old growth forest logging, tobacco, weapons, and banks and new fossil fuel projects not aligned with the Paris Agreement. Scoring silver, Russell Investments-managed ...

February rate cut unlikely after inflation data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The biggest jumps in prices were in food and non-alcoholic beverages (up 2.9%), alcohol and tobacco (up 6.7%), and recreation and culture (up 3.2%). Partly offsetting the rise in CPI were falls in electricity (down 21.5%) ...

Inflation remains in RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... movement at the group level were food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.3%), recreation and culture (+4.3%), and alcohol and tobacco (+6%). Annual CPI inflation has fallen from 3.8% in June to 2.1% in October due, in part, to significant price falls in ...

Qantas Super lowers investment fees, updates cash option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... (white phosphorus) or nuclear whole weapon systems (which does not apply to delivery systems). Qantas Super is now free of tobacco-product manufacturers, such as cigarettes, cigars, and e-cigarettes. However, this exclusion does not apply to suppliers ...