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Future Fund buys into renewables

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... Renewables (PowAR); the consortium will acquire 100% of the shares. PowAR was established in 2016 and is a partnership been AGL and QIC on behalf of their managed clients and the Future Fund. Mercury will run the renewables business while the PowAR consortium ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... Government Super, and Media Super, while Local Government Super and NGS also exclude investments in coal power generators like AGL. "The fund has made some good progress on decarbonising its portfolio over the past six years. However, without any interim ...

Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... its limited screening but stock-level sustainability analysis, Martin Currie cited three stocks: Harvey Norman, Amcor and AGL Energy, "Harvey Norman would have passed most negative screens that RI funds use, but for us this fails our ESG analysis on ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... minimising, or maximising, their exposure to these companies. Woodside Petrolium, Santos, Origin Energy, South32, APA Group, AGL Energy, Oil Search, Aurizon Holdings, Caltex Australia, Worley, Seven Group, Beach Energy, Washington H Soul Pattinson, Mineral ...

Suncorp responds to shareholder resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... thermal coal projects." The activist group is lodging a number of shareholder resolutions with ASX-listed companies including AGL, requesting they move away from fossil fuels.

APRA forced to overhaul culture, capabilities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... sluggish approach to enforcement. Samuel was appointed by the Federal Government in February to lead the panel, which comprises AGL Energy non-executive director Diane Smith-Gander and former Reserve Bank of New Zealand acting governor Grant Spencer. ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... women in leadership roles and an advocate for social justice. Diane Smith-Gander, non-executive director of Wesfarmers and AGL Energy, was also highlighted. She spent 11 years in banking and was head of Westpac's business and technology division. ...

Pension fund giant cuts BHP

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... signal to producers, distributors and users of energy," it said. Australian companies KLP is divesting include BHP Group, AGL Energy, Origin Energy and South32 which derive 20.3%, 25%, 26% and 28.1% respectively of their revenues from coal, according ...

LICs defy franking credit refund changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... corresponding period. It made significant purchases in James Hardie Industries, Transurban Group, and reduced holdings in AGL Energy, Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Perpetual. Rainmaker data shows the LIC sector stood at $42 billion as at the end of ...

Argo chairman retires

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
The long-time chairman and director of Argo Investments will retire in June. In a set of announcements to the ASX, Argo confirmed Ian Martin will retire from his positions with the firm, including the chairmanship of both Argo Investments and Argo's ...