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Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... excluded activity is not seeking to avoid investments in those activities." ASIC said the Bloom fund invested in General Electric from March 2022 to May 2023. During the 2022 financial year, General Electric derived 16% of its revenue from fossil fuels ...

Banking sector fears propel family offices towards metals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... believe that the US Federal Reserve will pause rate hikes, and an equal number consider gold an excellent hedge against general market volatility. Approximately three-quarters of family offices expect inflation to continue to surpass official government ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has jumped from 6.3% to 6.8%, adding to theories Australians could be in for another rate hike. The latest CPI numbers, released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), exceeded economist predictions of ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... users of hundreds of common medicines to access up to two months of medication at a time, the government anticipates that general patients could save up to $180 each year per medicine and concession card holders up to $43.80 each year per medicine. Some ...

Equity Trustees wins AEMO mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... all the shares issued in the SFV in trust under the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Act. AEMO Services executive general manager Paul Verschuer described the establishment of the SFV as a major milestone as it moved from planning to active tender ...

NGS Super divests oil, gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... companies expanding the fossil fuel industry. NGS must go further and divest from companies such as Siemens and General Electric which are building new gas power plants and undermining climate action by locking in decades of emissions." However, Australasian ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 85 basis points. The central bank also raised the interest rate on exchange settlement balances by 50 basis points to 75 basis points. At its meeting ...

Frontier wins NZ client

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... investment committee with an institutional investment adviser, a mandate which Frontier won after a tender process. TECT general manager Wayne Werder said Frontier was chosen based on cultural alignment along with a tailored approach to growing the trust. ...

Wage growth remains low

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The June quarter saw wages rise a measly 0.4%, lower than the growth of the previous two quarters. "The June quarter saw the rate of growth in hourly earnings ease to 0.4%, following two quarters of 0.6% wage growth. The rate of growth over the quarter ...

CFS, UniSuper win customer satisfaction nods

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... took out the Major Retail Super Fund of the Year, while AustralianSuper won Major Industry Super Fund of the Year. CFS general manager Kelly Power said 2020 was a year of "disruption from the pandemic and one where we sought to really support our customers ...
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