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What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said at the Morgan Stanley Australia Summit in Sydney yesterday that a key goal of the Budget was to fight inflation in a way that doesn't damage an already weak economy. "... the primary focus of the Budget was to tackle ...

Pollination targets climate tech start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Pollination has launched a new $150 million fund for clean energy and technology start-ups with the Queensland government as a cornerstone investor. QIC-managed Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) committed to invest an undisclosed sum ...

Westpac looks for next CSO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Siobhan Toohill leaves Westpac next month after two years as chief sustainability officer and nine years as group head of sustainability previously. Toohill will also step back from participation as Westpac's representative on the United Nations Environment ...

Investors eye energy transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A renewable energy fund manager and developer has snapped up 28,000 hectares of land in NSW, in response to rising demand from both institutional and wholesale investors. Octopus Australia acquired the land to develop a new $3.5 billion 1-gigawatt Merino ...

Canberra scopes First Nations economic policy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Coalition of Peaks is currently consulting on the design of a First Nations Economic Partnership with Treasury. The aim is to improve access to capital markets and employment opportunities and address legislative or policy barriers that hinder that ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) has this week launched the first Green Treasury Bond. The $7 billion sovereign green bonds will mature on June 21, 2034 and settlement will occur on June 14. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche ...

Brookfield bids for majority stake in Neoen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Brookfield and its institutional partners have lobbed a bid to acquire a 53% majority stake in French renewable energy company Neoen from current owners, including Impala, the investment vehicle of French entrepreneur Jacques Veyrat and his family ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Aussie investors ramp up climate action but need to focus on physical climate risks and near-term emissions reduction targets. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has put out it's State of Net Zero Investment Report for 2024, with data as of ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation is working with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to make their standards more compatible. The partnership between the IFRS - which oversees the International Sustainability Standards ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty said at the Australian Shareholders' Association Conference yesterday that addressing the supply side of the housing crisis requires an infusion of private capital. ...