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Pension eligibility, investing overseas, affordable housing, energy supply and demand and more.

A group of fund managers are dumping fossil-fuel-related stocks to meet the ethical requirements of their investors. The question is how many more will follow suit.

An old member of the anti-carbon regulation brigade has suddenly reemerged on the scene, talking down fossil fuel divestment. Could this suggest fossil fuel companies might just be scared of the movement?

The fund argues that the time is right for an infrastructure push to spur flagging growth.

The senator's amendments concerning the Emissions Reduction Fund - including the alignment of contract periods with crediting periods and a reserve for international offsets - would help Australia reach its 5% emissions reduction target.

CSL knocked back offers from Switzerland, Germany and the US before deciding to build its new albumin plant in Melbourne.

For many years China and the United States have faced off over climate change. Now, climate change action is one of the few things the two powers can agree on.

Amongst Australia's baby boomers in business, a high percentage are looking to sell out.

How a family business is structured is often a key factor in whether it is passed on to the next generation or sold.

The latest global economic outlook contains both warnings of slowing growth, and an examination of the IMF's track record at predictions. So should this fresh forecast be taken with a grain of salt?

Returning to industry-focused regulation for communications would be a disaster.

A new study has revealed that investors' obsession with dividends is harming the future growth prospects of Australian listed companies.

A new study has found that the massive resources - and energy - expended in building towers for wind power and arrays for solar, etc, still has a lesser environmental impact than continued fossil fuel generation.

The review's 'learn from mistakes' approach ignores public health experts' more circumspect assessment - which concludes concerning evidence is actually mounting about fracking chemicals.

The week in clean energy saw China's utility-scale solar pipeline bulge, a historic but insignificant CCS development, and Australia's ranking as a large-scale renewables investor slide from 11th to 31st.

Australian CEOs need to stop being so risk averse and to communicate directly with self-managed funds about the importance of positive growth strategies.