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Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian finance sector is shifting into alignment with global peers, which will underpin investment, lending and underwriting decisions. "This is a hugely significant milestone for the growth of sustainable finance in Australia, and EY looks forward ...

Zurich accelerates net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... emissions from corporate travel as part of the return to a new normal post-COVID Marshall said. "We have set our underwriting and investment strategy for carbon intense sectors," Marshall said. "That focuses on supporting our customers and investees ...

CBA highlights strong demand for ACCUs in push to expand carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... to sell it under the secondary market instead," she said. "The government is shifting from a primary buyer to an underwriting role."

Scoping future winners from the green hydrogen transition: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... feedstock. Investing in renewable energy generation is a way for investors to benefit from the hydrogen thematic without underwriting a specific technology or speculative start-up risk, said Ausbil portfolio manager, energy and communications Natasha ...

APRA releases guidance on climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... prescribe any approaches, Byres said. "Nor does it force companies to making any particular investment, lending or underwriting decision - those are matters for the entities themselves to decide," he said. "But we do want to make sure that those decisions ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... environmental outcomes aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals while also meeting NB Private Equity's underwriting standards. "Super funds post 2020 are thinking about how do we benefit from disruption and innovation in a post-pandemic ...

BlackRock, Temasek form partnership to invest in decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... at scale to address climate challenges." The partnership will leverage both firms' expertise in sourcing and underwriting private investments, portfolio and risk management, and sustainable technology and analytics. The funds will be staffed by employees ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... biggest source of CO2 emissions, and it was the first time that the insurance industry was challenged to restrict their underwriting," said Peter Bosshard, global coordinator of the Unfriend Coal / Insure Our Future Campaign. "We've seen that most of ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... contribution to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). In the same manner that insurance companies consider climate risks when underwriting insurance, equity investors increasingly need to consider the regulatory and reputational risk of corporate carbon emissions ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... insurers away from coal is really taking a toll on the coal industry. The report highlights leaders around the world. In underwriting, Swiss Re and Zurich are the leaders in ending coal insurance in that they have withdrawn cover from both new and existing ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

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While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

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

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