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Australian gender pay gap data to be revealed from February

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... gender pay gap between male and female employees. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) will publish the first set of private sector employer gender pay gaps on 27 February 2024. This will cover 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023 reporting. While many ...

JBWere appoints philanthropic services head

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Jayde Ward joins the private wealth management company as its new director of philanthropic services, bringing over 13 years of experience in governance and strategic advice. Ward, who is a Wiradjuri woman from her mother's side, was born and raised ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... associated with climate change - particularly when assessing risk to asset classes such as sovereign bonds and private equity. "It's critically important that investors - particularly those investors who have a longer time horizon - are mindful of ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... traditional asset classes like listed equity and real estate, leaving asset classes such as sovereign bonds and private equity left to the wayside due to a lack of reliable information. An even smaller number has conducted a physical and resilience assessment ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... (MUFG) and Development Finance Institute Canada (FinDev Canada) announced the creation of GAIA, a US$1.5 billion target private debt blended finance fund focused on climate adaptation and mitigation in emerging markets. Climate Fund Managers (CFM), a ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Treasury's proposed three-year moratorium on private litigation related to Scope 3 reporting as part of its proposed mandatory climate-related financial disclosure package has raised fears that it would give companies the green light to greenwash. ...

Most inclusive Aussie orgs named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... month later. Investors included fintech entrepreneur Dominic Pym, specialist investment manager Ellerston Capital and private impact investment office Understorey Ventures. Healthcare company Bayer Group ANZ also made the list. CEO Ashraf Al-Ouf commented ...

Morgan Stanley makes second climate private equity deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Morgan Stanley Investment Management's (MSIM) 1GT Climate Private Equity Strategy has announced a strategic partnership with Huel, a UK plant-based protein company. It is the second deal the climate-focused 1GT growth strategy has made so far, after ...

Blackstone and Vista to acquire energy market software

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners have backed energy market simulation software Energy Exemplar in a move that will support grid reliability and the energy transition. Energy Exemplar is a software provider used ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Despite being voted down by the Australian public, the First Nations Voice to Parliament saw support from the private sector which viewed the federal advisory body as the next step for reconciliation. As the dust settles, experts say finance has an ...