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HSBC adds 20 years to net zero ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... is also to align financed emissions to achieve net zero by 2050. "There are fundamental prerequisites, outside of our control, which impact our ability to meet our 2030 interim financed emissions targets and ultimately reach our net zero ambition. These ...

High-profile stockpicker hires from WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
A WTW operative has landed at high-profile stockpicker Geoff Wilson's Sydney-based fund manager which invests more than $6 billion on behalf of retail and wholesale investors. Nick Kelly has joined Wilson Asset Management as the portfolio manager ...

Carbon market responds to integrity concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... that the deals which provide a cut of all income for the carbon companies could lead to financial strife and reduce their control over land," the article read. Under the arrangement, farmers can generate new revenue streams for bush regeneration on former ...

Canadian pension fund names new CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board named a new investment chief of PSP investments and a new head of the pension fund's private markets subsidiary. Patrick Charbonneau has been appointed chief investment officer of PSP Investments. ...

Trump Paris exit "bad news" for rest of world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... investment has already flowed to Republican states. "What is more likely at risk are certain tax credits with Trump having more control over how they are treated." Australia set on DEI A US DEI rollback will be in front of mind for company boards, however ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... inappropriately in the US election. Over 70% agree that the super-rich disproportionately influence public opinion through the control of media and social media, leverage the law in their own favour, and buy access to policymakers.

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... the internal commitments made by the fund managers continue to progress but without any fanfare." This comes as out-of-control wildfires continue to wreak havoc on California; the US Environmental Protection Agency blames inaction on climate.

Top consulting firms pilot SAP carbon tool

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Accenture, Deloitte and PwC sign on to a new carbon accounting system developed by tech giant SAP. EY and TCS also joined the three heavyweights in backing the new platform called the SAP Green Ledger. The new platform aims to be the most comprehensive ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian arm of the London-based infrastructure group. Before that, she spent three years at JP Morgan as a markets business control manager. Michelle Castro has moved to the UK to begin a new position as a senior investment analyst with the infrastructure ...

Good governance on cyber threats

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) has updated its guidance on the escalating threat of cyber security, following Canberra's recent passage of the Cyber Security Bill. AICD said the landscape is moving fast and at scale and cyber security ...