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GMO launches local climate fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... attitudes and opportunities have come a long way since GMO began writing on the subject in 2010," White said. "Improving economics for clean energy, combined with a growing global awareness of the magnitude of the problem we're up against, will support ...

HNW advice firm opens to retail investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
... more than those who are already wealthy. Yet until now, they have had to regularly turn away people, simply because the economics of the traditional approach required it," he said. Managing partner Will Hamilton said that launching HWP invest is a new ...

Economic recap: Week to October 1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 OCT 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic - and the freezing of nearly all economic activity it brought about -- was godsend to climate change activists. Recall those pictures of those bright, bright, sun-shiny days underscored by a CNN article (published last year) that ...

Actuary of the Year named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... Equity Index for the Actuaries Institute which sought to understand the impact of the environment, housing, education, economics and health on different generations. "The Intergenerational Index plants a signpost in the ground and says 'this is where ...

Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
Financial markets have been on edge ever since they got the first whiff of "taper" in the air. This started when the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's April 27-28 FOMC meeting revealed that: "A number of participants suggested that if the economy ...

Conflicts of interest risk in funds management still high: ASIC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... particularly in relation to costs and managed accounts, new research shows. New research conducted by Deloitte Access Economics on behalf of ASIC found that while the managed funds industry is competitive, retail investors may not receive the full benefits ...

Hostplus grilled on common ownership, collusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... to uncover any evidence of collusion and anti-competitiveness. MP Tim Wilson, who chaired the Standing Committee on Economics hearing on common ownership and capital concentration this morning, asked three Hostplus executives about any "pseudo-laundering" ...

Common ownership concerns redundant: AustralianSuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... common ownership, while also hinting at plans to bring more investing in-house. Appearing at a Standing Committee on Economics hearing on common ownership and capital concentration in Australia, Silk said the fund will always be pro-competitive. "It's ...

Economic recap: Week to September 17

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... Deng Xiaoping's stated anti-Maoist ideology to let some people get rich first - the trickle down effect in Western economics. This is all well and good. At the point where China is now in the global economic rankings, president Xi could well afford ...

Super funds to front committee hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Aware Super, AustralianSuper and Hostplus are set to appear before the Standing Committee on Economics' inquiry into common ownership on Monday. Several super funds and IFM Investors will face the inquiry on Monday, with the government saying it ...