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ECB imposes €7.6m climate risk penalty on Crédit Agricole

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The European Central Bank (ECB) has imposed periodic penalty payments of €7,551,050 ($12.7m) on Crédit Agricole S.A. after it failed to conduct assessments of its climate-related and environmental (C&E) risks. The ECB's 8 February 2024 decision required ...

Frontier recruits operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... and investment funds management group with over $3 billion in funds under management. Previously, she worked at eftpos Payments Australia as its finance chief and operating chief and spent eight years at ClearView Wealth finishing up as general manager ...

Minderoo Foundation pours millions into forest preservation initiative

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... (US$125bn) through blended finance - combining public and private capital to deliver over $6 billion in annual results-based payments to tropical forest countries for verified forest protection, Minderoo said. At least 20% of these payments will flow ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... insurance policy owners considering cancelling or reducing their cover. The business co-owns the policy, takes over premium payments and shares future claim benefits based on how long iExtend has been paying premiums. According to the company, one in ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... required to pay 12% of eligible employees' ordinary time earnings, up from 11.5%. The introduction coincided with the super payments on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave, which HESTA said helped address the fact that Australian mums have missed out on ...

Return to office will harm careers, businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... mandate being in place are becoming increasingly evident. The three main consequences identified are a lack of bonus payments, a poor annual review outcome regardless of performance, and risks to promotion and promotion oversight. However, what's most ...

J.P. Morgan tests carbon credit tokenisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... supporting seamless means of settlement could contribute to addressing these barriers," J.P. Morgan said. J.P. Morgan Payments head of natural resource advisory Alastair Northway said the voluntary carbon market is ripe for innovation. "Tokenisation ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Fund (IMF) categorises fossil-fuel subsidies into explicit and implicit forms. Explicit subsidies are direct government payments or tax breaks that lower the cost of fossil-fuel production or consumption, while implicit subsidies arise from under-pricing ...

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... remuneration committees have awarded inflation-busting pay package increases. These have often been justified as catch-up payments following the impact of the pandemic on company finances and in some cases due to 'one-off' windfall gains. There are situations ...

State insurer names new CIO as government review looms

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... solely on long-term growth, ACC must balance the need for returns with maintaining sufficient liquidity for ongoing claim payments. The appointment comes as the New Zealand government reviews the state insurer. The Kiwi government commissioned Willis ...