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Super fund ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
Super fund ESG options on average have "sharply reduced" exposure to BHP, Woodside Energy and Transurban while being overweight CSL, Telstra and ResMed, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information has released its most recent Rainmaker ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... statements and targets without a reasonable basis or that are factually incorrect"; "terms like 'carbon neutral', 'clean' or 'green', that aren't founded on reasonable grounds"; "overstatement or inconsistent application of sustainability-related investment ...

Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... supported by historically large policy initiatives such as the US Inflation Reduction Act and the European Commission's Green Deal Industrial Plan," the report said. "The enthusiasm for infrastructure in part reflects the ways it has expanded beyond ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... led to a degradation of our democratic systems. The best solution is to offer a just transition for workers into the new green economy, and to push back on the idea that ESG is anti-workers. "We got here because we pushed planetary boundaries and exploited ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... industries are at the start of a predicted boom in what Hannon calls the "S-Curve" of market adoption. Innovators: Hydrogen, EVs, green buildings, biotech, agtech and food innovation were classified as "innovators" - adoption is currently slow as only ...

Tishman Speyer, Raffles Family Office launch APAC fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... Opportunity Fund I. The fund will target value-add and opportunistic investments within key real estate themes such as brown-to-green, living sector, logistics, and special situations, including credit strategies and distressed opportunities. It aims ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... crack down on unpaid super and will put the pressure on the ATO to do better in recovering this money. In transitioning to a green economy, Chalmers ramped up the government's net zero initiatives, introducing a slew of measures such as the New Energy ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Mechanism legislation. For example, it will develop a purpose-built Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, introduce a Sovereign Green Bonds program and strengthen the framework of mandatory climate-related financial disclosure requirements for large businesses ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... to boost the government's sustainable finance agenda. About $8.3 million over the period will establish a sovereign green bond program to raise capital for environmental and climate change-related programs. Some $1.6 million will develop a sustainable ...

Private markets boost Macquarie AM results

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
Private markets buoyed Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), but the green energy sector dragged its performance in the year to March 2023. MAM saw funds under management of $870.8 billion rise 10% year on year but failed to replicate this growth across ...