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Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... faced with "worsening natural peril environment". "This grid fragility, highlighted in recent Zurich research, will present a core opportunity and central challenge to energy policy in the near and long-term," he said. "As other nations seek to achieve ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... exposure to integrated forest, agriculture, land, and carbon markets in Australia and New Zealand, targeting investments in core forestry plantations, processing and related infrastructure, with some exposure to agriculture. Investors in the first close ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... transition The partnership was announced during Gender Equality Day at COP28. The partnership will focus on action around three core pillars: better quality data to support decision making in transition planning, more effective finance flows to regions ...

Super investment key to decarbonising Australia: ASFA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... decarbonsation actions into investment frameworks, the research notes. "This will alter all aspects of how a fund carries out its core business of delivering sustainable, long-term retirement outcomes for members, including fund governance, framing and ...

Government introduces anti-slavery commissioner legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 amends the Modern Slavery Act 2018 to "establish the core functions of the anti-slavery commissioner, including engaging and supporting victims and survivors of modern slavery ...

Responsible investment key to wealth transfer conversation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investable assets, would almost unanimously (97%) recommend their adviser to their children in the future, with over 3 in 4 core and mass affluent clients are likely to recommend their adviser to their children in the future. "We know intergenerational ...

BlackRock's Evergreen Infrastructure fund scores US$1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock's core infrastructure equity strategy will invest in energy transition and security, as the open-ended fund makes its first investment to acquire a US commercial and industrial solar and battery platform. With nearly US$1 billion in commitments ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... to them within their organisations. "For the Global Compact, launching its Forward Faster program means focusing on five core areas where we believe business can have the biggest impact - gender equality, climate action, living wage, water resilience ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Principles administered by the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) suggest tying funded projects to the issuer's core sustainability objectives and business strategy. Similarly, the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (2023) by ICMA ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... strategies in renewable energy and storage," said Australian Ethical CIO Ludovic Theau. "Australia's energy transition is a core focus of our investment strategies as the world looks to meet net-zero carbon targets, and these Infradebt private debt ...