Qantas Super has made more green moves across its portfolio by tipping $50 million into a new fund targeting companies keyed to the tidal wave of investment into emissions reduction technologies.
There’s no end in sight for the pain in equity markets, and investors are rushing for the exit. But Australian equities offer a bright spot.
While value has been the winner of the recent market rout and growth the loser, a zealous adherence to either style could see managers burned by economic downturn.
While the publishing of retirement income strategies is a big step forward into super’s new frontier, many of those strategies are based on a “very unsafe foundation.”
The performance test for Choice products has been paused, and the Albanese Government has launched a sweeping review into the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) reforms. So what comes next?
While passive investment strategies are now used to manage the majority of equities, the absence of active managers would only create a “mindless boom and bust.”
Proxies for risk capital are dipping, with long-term implications for financial market returns. The question is whether this will be a repeat of the Covid Crash or a repeat of the Tech Wreck.
Rest has flashed its sustainable and private markets credentials with a stake in AMP Capital’s schmick redevelopment of 50 Bridge Street.
Central bankers are hoping to subdue the inflation beast by the end of the calendar year. But it will likely be around for decades to come.
Calvert Research and Management has seen its decarbonization mandate with Rest expanded to the fund’s Australian equities portfolio.
