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Inflation remains high priority in 2023: Treasurer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... and our community." He added another necessity is to take advantage of some of the big shifts underway. "The climate and energy transition, making technological change work for people not against them, and deepening and broadening our industrial base ...

IFM Investors buys biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... offtake contracts with investment grade commercial and industrial customers including Mercedes-Benz, Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Duke University. Biogas captures methane, which has a 25 times more harmful impact on atmospheric warming than CO2, IFM ...

Downside risk dominates Australia's economic outlook: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... persistent, and above target through 2024. "Inflationary pressures are expected to persist in the near term given high energy, food, and transport costs, lingering supply disruptions, gradually rising nominal wages and pent-up domestic demand," the report ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... income investments, returning -15.3% and -12.1% respectively. Its total real estate returns were -14%. By sector, only energy saw a positive return, it said. Its investments here include Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Novo Nordisk, and Shell. From a regional ...

Fintech predictions for 2023: Finura

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... "will never be more intense" and only the most promising technologies with significant addressable markets (AI & clean energy) will source venture funding. "Local wealth-tech firms that are early stage and have not raised sufficient capital may struggle," ...

Brighter Super welcomes chief people officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... Super has named Allanna Kelsall as the fund's chief people officer. The $30 billion industry fund for workers in the energy and local government was created by the merger of LGIAsuper and Energy Super, and the acquisition of Suncorp's superannuation ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... Disclosures (TNFD) increasing from "a base of close to zero mentions in 2018." Climate change related topics such as renewable energy, net zero, green capex, emissions reductions, carbon credits/offsets and the physical impacts of climate change make ...

Brighter Super revamps board structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
Having maintained a 15-person board to oversee the integration of Energy Super and Suncorp's superannuation business, Brighter Super kicked off 2023 with a new board composition including a new appointment. As of this month, Brighter Super's ...

Retirees feel the brunt of inflation: Challenger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... than inflation, and retirees may not be able to make ends meet simply by reducing discretionary spending. "If the cost of energy and groceries both increase, older retirees will not want a situation where they have to choose between cutting back on essential ...

Four themes driving 2023: Iggo

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
Inflation, bonds, China, and the energy transition are at the top of AXA IM chief investment officer Chris Iggo's list of themes that will shape 2023. Providing an outlook for the year ahead, Iggo said: "The economics profession did not prove to be ...