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Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... most impactful policies globally in driving clean energy investment and manufacturing, will be dismantled under a second Trump administration, boosting global emissions by four billion tons to 2030, according to MIT analysis. Trump represents "a real ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... course, we have a problematic relationship with the US, particularly as US politics becomes less stable in the event of a Trump administration, for example," he said. Another major criticism about AUKUS is it has no clawback mechanisms for Australia ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... and sectors. It is looking increasingly uncertain whether the Paris Agreement will be achieved. Former US president Donald Trump may reverse climate measures if elected; while Australia's LNP opposition party will abandon net zero targets and go nuclear. ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... That said, he acknowledged the many risks to the portfolio, including the US election and potential reelection of Donald Trump, a vehement opposer to clean energy. While campaigning, he has referred to renewable energy as a "scam business" and has already ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... preparing for some market turbulence in the US after President Joe Biden pulled out of the race for President against Donald Trump. American Century chief investment officer Rich Weiss said Biden's decision to withdraw as the Democratic candidate ...

AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Super funds could be left footing the bill of listed companies that are quick to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) systems but slow to grasp the governance risks when the technology fails. Professor Nicholas Davis, a leading academic on emerging technologies ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Work on climate continues quietly in the background, while AI, geopolitical risk and the stickiness of inflation take centre stage. That's the takeaway from the Financial Standard annual Chief Economists Forum this week where Nicki Hutley, independent ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Industry leaders have delivered a stark warning to Australian companies and government to ensure that workers are not left behind in a just transition to net zero - or risk the kind of political polarisation and populism that has given rise to the "anti-woke" ...

Testing ESG impacts on US pension fund returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) Administrative Procedure Act, and that the rule departs from policy put in place by the previous Trump administration ruling that required that financial factors take precedence over nonfinancial or nonpecuniary factors. ...

US states sue Biden administration over "woke" ESG rules

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) Administrative Procedure Act, and that the rule departs from policy put in place by the previous Trump administration ruling that required that financial factors take precedence over nonfinancial or nonpecuniary factors. ...