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First Environmental Futures trade on ASX

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Today, the ASX launched trading for three Environmental Futures contracts, pinned as a major step in the development of local carbon markets. Australia and New Zealand's first carbon futures contracts will improve access to carbon markets to allow market ...

PEP rides ESG tailwinds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... pay particular attention going into an investment. "We will decline to invest in areas which are not in line with our ESG policy." Cameron Blanks, PEP managing director commented: "Top-tier global private equity funds have consistently outperformed public ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... firmer. However, the Trump campaign has been light on detail and so it is difficult to make assumptions about economic policy," Brown said. "One thing that we are confident about is that most of the macroeconomic impact won't be felt until 2026 onwards. ...

RIAA warns against carbon capture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... is a group of investors representing US$29 trillion in assets under management across Australia and New Zealand. Head of policy and advocacy Nayanisha Samarakoon said companies and investors need science-based action on environmental issues. "RIAA cautions ...

Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Investors are looking to move fast on steel decarbonisation, and are seeking more supportive market conditions to support this. More than half (59%) believe effective climate policies are crucial to boost sustainable steel production and that it will ...

TelstraSuper appoints ESG lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... instrumental in several initiatives at TelstraSuper, including refreshing the fund's climate action plan and broader ESG policy. Patel joined the superannuation fund last September from Frontier, where she was the senior responsible investment adviser. ...

"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... investment for utility-scale generation, storage, and transmission. Bowen argued nuclear would lead to higher energy bills and policy uncertainty, and there would be significant economic and practical challenges with integrating nuclear power into the ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... the fund for South Australian government employees, bringing a tremendous depth of experience in financial and economic policy to the Funds SA board, having spent 25 years at the Reserve Bank of Australia. His current roles include co-chair of the Australian ...

NAB funds DEI workplace research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... improvements required to create workplaces free of racism, discrimination and bias. Nareen Young, professor of Indigenous policy at Jumbunna and dean of the UTS Business School, said the 2020 report needed an update. "With this research we want to build ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... non-executive director position at Bennelong Funds Management. He has been a committee member at SMSF Association's public policy committee for the past six years. "I'm very interested in sustainable finance - helping transform businesses to ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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