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How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... cybersecurity and privacy concerns to biased programming, AI poses risks from the societal level to the individual. Projected global economic gains from AI-driven productivity enhancements may reach an estimated $6.6 trillion by 2030. As AI is integrated ...

Blackstone closes record energy transition fund at $7.1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... impacting large sectors of the economy and is resulting in a growing need for efficient private capital," said Robert Horn, global head of Blackstone Credit's Sustainable Resources Group. "We believe our experience and scale will enable Blackstone Credit ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... regardless of the macroeconomic environment, Unwin said. A fund that has a positive impact on the world and can solve major global challenges while at the same time generating returns is "inherently more valuable than one that doesn't," Unwin added. ...

Standard Chartered Bank gets first head of social sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... social impact. She compliments the sustainability team under chief sustainability officer Marisa Drew. Nietsch has worked in global markets for 20 years and was previously managing director and head of FM Intelligence Unit within SCB's financial markets ...

Climate: debt rise, credit falls for 59 nations as early as 2030

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
The global financial system will see progressive deterioration of sovereign credit ratings in 59 countries due to climate-related factors, resulting in a substantial rise in both corporate and sovereign debt by tens of billions of dollars from 2030. ...

Woodside sells 10% of $16.5b Scarborough LNG to Japan investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... 0.9 million tonnes per year for 10 years from 2026. A non-binding agreement has also been signed to collaborate on new global opportunities in ammonia, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon management technology. The partners will reimburse ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Amcor PLC; Russian entities : Gazprom PJSC and Rosneft Oil Company; Oil Tar Sands : ConocoPhillips; Coal Mining : Coronado Global Resources Inc., New Hope Corporation Limited and Whitehaven Coal Limited. "ASIC also alleges that following the commencement ...

S&P Global drops ESG letter ratings from credit reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
S&P Global Ratings has stopped providing new ESG scores when evaluating credit in an abrupt about-face. Effective immediately, the company announced it is no longer publishing new ESG credit indicators in our reports or updating outstanding ESG credit ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... framework. As secretariat, ASFI will work with an international consortium of taxonomy and sustainability specialists led by global standard setter, the Climate Bonds Initiative, to prepare the technical products for the TTEG's consideration, input and ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... securitised products, commodities, and wealth management. Morgan Stanley's Sustainable Finance Framework is maintained by the Global Sustainability Office and considers the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and industry frameworks and standards ...