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HESTA opposes AGL demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... Paris-aligned targets, nor manage the risk of stranded assets," HESTA said. It said a stand-alone company owning AGL's coal-fired power plants risks making it more difficult for the nation to transition to a low-carbon future. "We believe this company ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
Australian global dividends have completed their pandemic recovery and have eclipsed the previous 12-month record set in September 2019 by $6.7 billion. The latest Janus Henderson global dividend index shows that Australian dividends totalled $97.9 ...

VanEck carbon credits ETF set to hit ASX

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... diversify the market with responsible investing options comes after election results. "With the new Labor government now in power and climate change front and centre, time will tell if climate policy will be more ambitious in mitigating greenhouse gas ...

No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... the bitcoin blockchain is equivalent to two million transactions on the Visa network, or roughly the same energy needed to power the average American home for over two months," PGIM said. "From a governance perspective, the anonymity and difficulty in ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Tesla has been booted from the S&P 500 ESG index due to its low S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) ESG score. In an S&P DJI ideology blog, North American head of ESG indices Margaret Dorn said that Tesla had fallen into the bottom 25% of its industry group ...

Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... affordability crisis. "This is not a housing policy - this is a desperate, last-minute act from a prime minister trying to cling to power," ACTU president Michele O'Neil said. "This policy has rightly been rejected by governments on a number of occasions ...

Bolster your retention efforts: Robert Half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... job title changes (45%) alongside professional development (39%)." Employees are increasingly aware of their bargaining power too, Robert Half Asia Pacific senior managing director David Jones said. "Employers looking to retain their top talent will ...

Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... SG to 12% is critical. The association said that the SG is a cornerstone of the Australian retirement system and has the power to lift living standards while having a positive impact on the economy. An ISA statement said that Australians would strongly ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... direct effect on the housing market of early release of superannuation for housing deposits is that increased purchasing power would be near fully capitalised into higher house prices, exacerbating the upswing of the current house price-credit cycle," ...

BetaShares reveals Future of Food ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
BetaShares has announced the upcoming launch of its Australian-first Future of Food ETF (IEAT). The Future of Food ETF has been developed as technological innovation has revolutionised the way food is produced and distributed across the globe. This ...