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Accountants say digital is key

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... partner Christopher Brown said finance and sustainability teams will need to work together to address this issue. "Amidst the global shift towards sustainability-focused financial disclosures, it is imperative that finance teams bring to bear their corporate ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific cited geopolitical conflicts as their top risk over the next 12 months. Those ...

Fossil fuel funding down 20pc: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... commitments - lending and underwriting of debt and equity issuances - from the world's 60 biggest banks. It showed that global financing for the fossil fuel industry peaked at $955.5bn in 2019, before falling to $705bn last year - a 20% fall compared ...

Podcast: Federal Budget, Climate Week, clean energy and the case for a price on carbon with Tim Buckley

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... of Climate Energy Finance, a public interest pro bono think tank that produces research and analysis on accelerating the global energy transition. With more than three decades of financial market experience, Tim is a highly influential commentator on ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... portfolio manager. Alex Rowe recently completed his APAC tour coinciding the firm's Australian launch of its five-year-old Global Sustainable Equity strategy - an actively managed portfolio of global equities securities deemed to have "high overall ...

Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... government needs to send a clear message to investors, businesses and our trading partners that we want to lead in the global decarbonising market." Tim Buckley, founder and director of Climate Energy Finance said the Budget was an "excellent down-payment" ...

Stewardship resources should double

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... accountability, transparency, and ultimately, impactful change." Hall added: "We look forward to feedback from across the global investment industry on next steps and many future discussions on implementing these findings."

ISSB digital standards not perfect

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... climate change being under-reported". The ISSB concedes that limitations to the current disclosure practices are holding back global disclosures. It recently announced new priority research initiatives related to nature-related and human capital risks ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... for market exposures, and 25.3% for industry-adjusted returns. The data is the latest release from Scientific Beta, the global index solutions provider that focuses on smart factor, ESG and climate. Scientific Beta is a subsidiary of the Singapore Exchange ...

AXA IM releases engagement data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Climate and corporate governance were the biggest areas of focus for the leading global asset manager, which ramped up its engagement activities by 14% on the previous year. AXA Investment Managers, with €844 billion AUM, made 681 engagements with ...