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CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has joined Mike Cannon-Brookes' Grok Ventures in backing an Australian company commercialising technology that could drastically cut costs and increase efficiency of solar panels. The CEFC and Main Sequence ...

Quinbrook sells unicorn startup to Brookfield

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
Quinbrook has sold Scout Clean Energy to Brookfield Renewable for US$1 billion ($1.5 billion). Brookfield also has the potential to invest an additional $350 million to support the business' development activities. Scout will continue to operate as ...

FPA calls for sunset on experience pathway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... sunset period be included in the experience pathway, in addition to 10 years of relevant experience between 2004 and 2019, a clean record, a membership of a professional association or completion of an approved ethics course, and a statutory declaration. ...

No surprise advice industry fears ASIC: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... "Going through the review, I'm sure none of us would sit here and think every piece of the business is absolutely squeaky clean. The regulator is the police and we're all careful around policemen." Anderson weighed if ASIC was unfairly painted as a weak ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
The board of UniSuper has imposed a cap on fossil fuel exposure of 7% and has divested from companies that generate more than 10% of revenue from the extraction and production of thermal coal. UniSuper has issued its fifth annual climate risk report ...

Four MySuper products fail for second time: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
Five MySuper products have failed the second annual MySuper performance test, with four of them failing for a second time. The product that failed this year's performance test for the first time is Westpac Group Plan MySuper. Westpac must now identify ...

CEFC invests in Macquarie cattle station fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
The federal government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed $75 million to Macquarie-owned Paraway Pastrol, as the farming giant aims to cut its methane emissions. The investment, made via the Macquarie Pastoral Fund, will see Paraway reduce ...

Adviser standards consultation commences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... pathway for experienced advisers. The government's position has been that a minimum of 10 years' experience and a clean record, in addition to passing the adviser exam, should be enough to meet the educational standards required of a financial ...

BlackRock, NAB Private Wealth unveil iShares ETF suite

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... innovation trends including electric vehicles and driving technology, healthcare, robotics and automation, digitalisation, clean energy and smart city infrastructure. The statement said as well as being low-cost the products are also a well-diversified ...

BlackRock Real Assets buys battery grid business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... services. At full capacity, Akaysha's projects will help accelerate the roll-out of a further 4000MW (megawatt) of supply of clean, affordable renewable energy across Australia, BlackRock said. The investment is expected to reduce over 15 million tons ...