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CA ANZ issues warning over new financial standards body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has warned the government that not including practicing accountants on its new financial standards body is "akin to having a medical standards board without a practicing doctor". The Australian ...

Government creates $1bn green iron fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... will secure future demand for Australia's iron ore as the world moves toward lower-emissions iron and steel - and support global emissions reduction at a massive scale in the process," the government said. The fund announcement was welcomed by Greenpeace ...

Apex names country head and COO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... said. As of December, ACSA ranked Apex as number one in Australia for assets under administration, competing alongside global custodians. "We are committed to challenging incumbents and delivering innovative solutions for our clients across all asset ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
After decades of unprecedented progress in reducing global inequality and poverty, the future looks increasingly uncertain, according to Angela Jackson, lead economist at Impact Economics and Policy. With Australia heading into an election year, potential ...

Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The global fixed income debt market faces significant climate transition risks, with trillions of dollars in outstanding bonds exposed to potential financial disruption by 2030, according to Emmi. This represents a GFC-level economic event, according ...

Investors still drawn to DEI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... long-term consequences for corporate governance," commented Singapore-based head of sustainable finance, Asia-Pacific S&P Global Ratings Bertrand Jabouley. Despite this, asset managers and investors are still incorporating ESG. "Financial institutions ...

Weak whistleblowing protocols risks ethicswashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... commitments without whistleblowing infrastructure in place risk 'ethicswashing' and enforcement by the regulator, warns global reporting services provider Report It Now. You've heard of greenwashing, greenhushing and socialwashing - now meet ethicswashing ...

Consultancies jump on skills gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... climate law in Australia, the evolving regulations, like the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, and a dynamic global ESG landscape, organisations must demonstrate transparency, attract responsible investors and build sustainable operations," ...

Asset managers react to news 2C is 'dead'

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... need to be drastically curbed to the end of the century to successfully cool the planet. "The Paris Agreement is about global warming by the end of the century, so technically if we can cool the world back down we haven't broken it, but this is likely ...

Investors must take a long-term view: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The global policy landscape looks very different now from what it was in 2020-21, when investors, corporates and governments massively committed to net zero - amounting to 93% of global GDP and 88% of global emissions. By and large, governments have ...