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Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... She also took to Twitter to criticise "more subsidies for the gas lobby." "More money to give approvals to new mining projects and big developers. Yet we're in the middle of a climate and environment crisis. The budget is a missed opportunity to ...

Super's role in new $10bn infra spend

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... investment opportunity needs to be reconciled with the federal infrastructure advisor, Infrastructure Australia's projects. "While we believe these are appropriate measures, we would like to see these investments linked to Infrastructure Australia's ...

Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... Allocating $10 million to the Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship (WISE) grants program to deliver at least 20 additional projects to increase women's participation in the STEM sector. Elsewhere, for women with ovarian cancer, Frydenberg announced ...

Frydenberg bets on infrastructure for recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... announced since the start of the crisis, measures in this Budget will see $14 billion in new and accelerated infrastructure projects support a further 40,000 jobs." Over the next two years, Frydenberg will allocate $2 billion to the Road Safety Program. ...

Big banks face shareholder action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... the Paris Agreement, major banks continue to undermine their commitment. "They've continued lending to new fossil fuel projects that are entirely inconsistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C, and banking companies whose business plans rely on the ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... for priority investment: space, defence, food and beverage manufacturing, medical products, recycling and clean energy projects as well as resources technologies. Great Scott's announcement came at the same time as the Australian Industry Group's ...

New deputy Aussie equities head at Aberdeen Standard

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... the promotions. "While the last nine months have been challenging, both Natalie and Camille have stepped up and led on projects in addition to their day-to-day analysis and portfolio management responsibilities, which have been extraordinarily demanding ...

New chair of CPA Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... financial and professional services, insurance, health, retail, education, contract management and major infrastructure projects." Chin Aik Wong retired from the CPA Australia board at the end of September after a three year term. Rosemary Sinclair and ...

Low rates put retirees at risk: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... that total returns are generally not affected by actual payout, as capital not used for dividends could be reinvested in projects that increased shareholder value instead. The research warned of the risk of tilting a portfolio towards value stocks, finding ...

IFM, Trafigura launch renewable investment company

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... with physical commodities trading group Trafigura to launch a new company set to invest in solar, wind and power storage projects globally. Nala Renewables aims to build a portfolio of renewable energy projects with a cumulative capacity of two gigawatts ...