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Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... role in shaping the name, inclusions and exclusions of this new option." Among other things, members were asked what industries they would and would not like the option to invest in, what is driving or limiting their interest in responsible investments ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... 1.4 percentage points from its December 2020 forecast. Because of the red metal's copious and pervasive use in industries - from car manufacturing to electrical goods to construction to solar panels, etc. - the uplift in global economic growth should ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... (up 8 points to +26); employment (up 7 points to +16). "The strength in conditions is evident across all states and industries" (NAB). Business confidence slipped by 3 points to a reading of +15 in March from the previous month but remains at elevated ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... (up 8 points to +26); employment (up 7 points to +16). "The strength in conditions is evident across all states and industries," according to NAB. Business confidence slipped by 3 points to a reading of +15 in March from the previous month but remains ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... have a negative social impact. As such, the Just Transition fund will ensure that employees that will be involved in industries that need restructuring can find new jobs and that consumer goods are accessible at low prices. In addition, the fund aims ...

First Super hires from Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... that she will be a significant contributor to our fund." First Super added representatives for the paper and timber industries, Dean Brakell and Anthony Pavey, to its board at the start of 2021. There have not been many moves at the fund recently but ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... (45.4) last year. Wait, there's more! The Services PMI report showed not one, not two, but all of the 18 services industries surveyed reported growth. According to Anthony Nieves -- chair of the ISM Services Business Survey Committee - "Respondents' ...

Super fund ups stake in renewable company

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... sustainable approach to their investments. The Socially Responsible Investment Balanced option (SRI) now excludes a range of industries that includes companies that own reserves, explore, mine, extract, produce, refine or generate energy from fossil ...

ASIC releases fee consent instrument

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... instruments were designed to strike a balance between minimizing regulatory burden for the advice and superannuation industries and ensuring customers receive the information that is relevant to them," the regulator said. "ASIC does not have powers to ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... the up and up. The NAB business confidence index rose to an 11-month high of +16 in February, "with all states and industries reporting gains, except for retail" (NAB survey). In addition, the latest survey showed business conditions increased to a reading ...