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Aware Super appoints ESG, product and insurance heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... industry funds and the standalone corporate employer segment. Before this, Evans held various roles with MLC, National Australia Bank and Accenture. MLC was NAB's insurance and wealth management division. At the big four lender, he led the direct ...

Social impact groups bolster leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Services, Braga will head up the Australian arm of the global organization which has offices across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Braga also has experience as chair of the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA), chair of the Council of Tara ...

Climate group exodus unlikely to hinder climate action: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... in favour of climate disclosure, excluding Scope 3 emissions, in an outcome labelled as "bare minimum". JP Morgan, Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo have exited the Equator Principles, which focuses on minimum climate standards for infrastructure ...

Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) has issued a $2.75 billion 10-year green bond. The bond, which has a yield of 4.75%, has a rating of AA+ (Stable) by S&P Global and Aa1 (Stable) by Moody's Investors Service and takes QTC's total term debt ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... implementation of sustainable finance measures is unequal. This according to the Sustainable Financial Regulations and Central Bank Activities Tracker 2023 is an assessment tool by the WWF´s Greening Financial Regulation Initiative. Only 18% of central ...

World Bank breaks record with US$5b sustainable development bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
The World Bank has launched a $5 billion, seven-year bond set to mature in January 2031. The international development bank seeks to end extreme poverty and promote prosperity, with funds raised by the bond to be used towards furthering Sustainable ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... South. The country has also announced US$200 million for SDRs and US$150 million for water security. In addition, the World Bank has announced an increase of US$9 billion annually to finance climate-related projects. Following the announcement of a loss ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Level Expert Group on Climate Finance (IHLEG) that underpinned the declaration was released at the start of COP28. The World Bank increased its climate finance target to 45% to deploy over US$40 billion per year by 2025, of which US$9 billion is additional ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... framework. Chile, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, and Nigeria, expressed interest in participating, alongside Amazon, Bank of America, Boston Consulting Group, Mastercard, McDonald's, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, Salesforce, Schneider Electric ...

BlackRock's Evergreen Infrastructure fund scores US$1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... industrial solar and battery platform. With nearly US$1 billion in commitments from European founding partners, Italy's largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., and Italian engineer and architect pension scheme Inarcassa, were the first investors. Evergreen ...
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