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Investment in climate tech plummets 40%: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... while North America and China shifted away from mobility-related start-ups and towards industry, likely a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Asia-Pacific region and Europe doubled down on mobility over the past two years. The rest of world saw ...

Climate fund assets reach half a trillion dollars

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... assets of US$818 million. Assets in US climate funds grew by 4% in the past 18 months to US$31.7 billion despite the Inflation Reduction Act. This is attributed to high oil and gas prices, as well as falling valuations in renewable energy stocks. European ...

RBA sets 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... speech assessing how the economic effects of climate change may affect monetary policy, including the merits of flexible inflation targeting. Bullock noted that the bank's flexible inflation target is between 2 and 3%, and in order to integrate the implications ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... goals, ambitions, financial markets, portfolio performance and future trading intentions. The survey gathered views on inflation, geopolitics, the cost-of-living crisis, asset class allocation and ESG. APAC and Africa CEO Kevin Algeo said that the percentage ...

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... introduced starting at $23/tCO2, increasing over time and imposing uniformly on all industries to $70 in 2030 until 2035. The inflation impact of this policy is estimated to be 0.5% in 2023, increasing to 1.52% in 2035. This would be offset through redistribution ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... dioxide emissions and sovereign yields and spreads across advanced and developing countries. While factors like GDP, inflation, and account deficits are considered to drive government bond yields, Ryan said investors were penalising governments with ...

Challenging market weakens ESG-focused fund flows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian and New Zealand sustainable funds saw record outflows of US$1.7 billion against a backdrop of global outflows. Inflation, interest rates and recession fears are weakening flows into global sustainable funds overall- which attracted $US18 billion ...

Seismic shift expected in global energy mix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... goals will rely on finding sufficient capacity, Chamberlayne said. Policy initiatives such as EU's Green Deal and the US Inflation Reduction Act are set to strengthen energy security and meet net zero goals, seeking to invest €1.8 trillion and US$370 ...

Renewables need to ramp up significantly: CER

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... consumer choice," Power said. "You've got interest rates going up, you've got tight budgets, you've got inflation - but we're still seeing the solar PV industry continuing to boom." Large-scale generation certificates (LGCs) are designed ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG risks, as well as more traditional risk categories such as operational, market, liquidity, credit, currency, and inflation. Despite criticism that positions ESG as a barrier to fiduciary duty, panellists argued that embracing ESG principles is in ...