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Foreign resident CGT discount on renewable assets takes shape

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... assets or eligible indirect interests in such assets may be eligible for the 50% CGT discount. The discount applies to CGT events that happen from commencement of the new law until 30 June 2030. "The discount is available only to foreign residents that ...

Rabo Impact Foundation launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... change often moves slowly because the investments involve relatively uncharted territory. Banks' risk models are based on events and data from the past. But for major transitions, that historical data simply doesn't exist - even though this is exactly ...

Insurers grapple with managing physical risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
As extreme weather events intensify, global insurers believe that physical risks are increasingly becoming systemic financial risks, as a mixed bag report they can confidently address such risks in their frameworks, the MSCI Institute found. The report ...

Growing disaster costs elevate need for climate adaptation investments: Actuaries Institute

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... improved cost-benefit analysis frameworks that reflect social impacts, uncertainty, and tail risk (risk of rare, high-impact events set to increase). Other suggestions include integrating natural disaster costs and adaptation investment requirements ...

More funding needed to modernise renewable energy infrastructure

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... the Net Zero Emissions (NZE) target. Ageing infrastructure will be unable to handle mounting demand and extreme climate events, QIC urged, saying more funding into modernisation is needed to prevent further breakdowns.

Virescent Ventures backs fire prevention technology

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... locate anomalies so that maintenance crews can intervene proactively. The systems have already prevented more than 500 fire events globally. Virescent Ventures will provide funding to the globally scaled 24/7 Early Fault Detection (EFD) systems to utilities ...

Big banks neglect carbon emitted by financed deforestation: ACF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... manage or disclose the extent of deforestation occurring in their loan portfolios. The study collected data on land-clearing events across 77 agricultural properties financed by ANZ (including Suncorp), NAB, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac over the four ...

Women in Super announces new board line-up

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... as Women in Super's Queensland chair, building networks, driving gender-equity initiatives and supporting industry events across the state. Returning to the board is Emma Haycraft, now a communications specialist with Super SA, the South Australian ...

Padua ends joint CEO structure

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... broadening its reach in the advice ecosystem. "I look forward to continuing to represent Padua at conferences, industry events, university collaborations... as well as championing the role of women in financial services more broadly," she stated. The ...

Stewardship initiatives rise in popularity among DC pension funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... Urwin explained "resilience is organisational preparedness for, in this case, systemic risks to manifest for there to be events that damage the system." Funds are increasingly thinking of what they can do to mitigate their exposure to emerging geopolitical ...