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Igneo strikes a deal with Elliot Green Power

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
Global investment manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Elliot Green Power (EGP) via its Australian renewables business, Atmos Renewables. The EGP portfolio consisted of the Childers, Susan River ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
In line with heightened public attention to the challenges of climate change, patterns of ESG disclosure by superannuation fund trustees have had to evolve. A Herbert Smith Freehills report claimed Australian superannuation fund members were more interested ...

SEC rules against Amazon pension case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission ruled against Amazon's no-action motion to exclude a shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report on how employee retirement savings are invested. The shareholder resolution, brought by activist ...

Advice Revolution appoints head of sales

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... businesses that want to innovate quickly and grow," Thom said. According to Advice Revolution founder and chief executive Shaun Green, there has never been more demand for digital fact-finding tools. They have successfully capitalised on this market ...

Aussie instos commit $50bn to UK projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... investments from AustralianSuper, Fortescue Metals Group, IFM Investors, Lendlease, Macquarie, and Worley that will drive the green energy transition, create thousands of jobs, and increase housing stock. IFM Investors has committed to investing $5.27 ...

GAM loses insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
The investment manager has disclosed the loss of a substantial institutional mandate and, in a separate matter, seen the details of a 2018 misconduct investigation aired by the UK regulator. Overnight GAM International announced an unnamed institutional ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... committed prior to this Budget and that the 2022/23 Budget adds 'virtually nothing' to that. "Rather than investing in a green economic future, the federal government has used tonight's Budget to toss mere pennies at genuine emissions reduction initiatives ...

UniSuper makes venture capital play

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... well as new developments across industries of the future, such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, quantum computing and green energy. Uniseed chief executive Peter Devine said that UniSuper's investment will unlock more engagement with Australia's growing ...

SEC to standardise climate disclosures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
In a significant change, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposes all entities it regulates should have to disclose climate change-related factors including greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal would mean companies regulated by the ...

Hostplus commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... develop multiple clean energy technologies at utility scale - including solar, wind, battery storage and the possibility of green hydrogen. Hostplus' investment in the asset is via Octopus Australia. Hostplus is the latest institution to announce ...