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Aware and Macquarie partner on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... help diversify its A$10.2 billion private equity portfolio geographically. It will also broaden exposure to financial services and the energy transition. "GSC has exceptionally strong tailwinds as many solutions for the global energy transition challenge ...

Final text of EU ESG laws released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... includes an amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 - a text on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector. This is often referred to as Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Level I. The European Securities and Markets ...

ESG skills in hot demand in risk, compliance hiring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... experience within the different facets of risk and compliance in Australia." "With demand remaining high in financial services risk and compliance, we forecast the shallow skill sets of risk and compliance professionals, particularly in superannuation ...

Podcast: Does DEI improve financial return - Raymone Jackson

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... governance and risk culture practices," Rowell said in a speech."Effective DEI practices support a more resilient financial services sector by strengthening governance and risk management and providing better outcomes for customers."

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... and resilience of land and ag assets," noted co-founder and CEO Sam Sneddon. "There's a global theme where financial services and corporates need to move to climate management/reporting frameworks," Sneddon said. "APRA has told banks they need to manage ...

$50 million backing for Conscious Investment Management fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... HousingFirst and non-executive director and chair of Cafs. Previously, White held senior roles at Challenger Financial Services, HSBC and ANZ Banking Group. CIMSHF2 is currently open for investment. The fund is a 12-year closed end, capital call vehicle ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... it has a focus on "regulatory monitoring, policy governance, risk appetite, data and analytics". Australian financial services laws require that financial institutions properly manage material risks, including emerging material risks. Rossiter's ...

Bowen paints mixed outlook for energy future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... for 235 years, we've found it, and it's renewables." Bowen made the comment at an event held by the Financial Services Council in Sydney this week. This comes as Albanese government this week opened registrations for the South Australia and Victoria ...

Podcast: Driving a sustainability strategy - Amarjot Bagga

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Joining us for this episode is Amarjot Bagga, head of environmental and social impact at Iress, a financial services software provider. Amarjot is an experienced sustainability professional and part of FS Sustainability's inaugural ESG Power50 list ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Financiers do not assess and disclose deforestation and biodiversity loss in Australia and may not even be aware of the risk when funding Australia's primary industries. New research from EY commissioned by The Wilderness Society found that deforestation ...