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Australian Ethical puts Macquarie on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel companies and projects with that goal. By contrast, the ethical investment manager said all four major Australian banks have made the ongoing finance of oil and gas sector companies conditional on those companies having climate transition ...

HSBC ditches global climate alliance initiative

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... withdrawn its position from the NZBA despite saying the initiative "played a role in developing guiding frameworks to help banks establish their initial target-setting approach." HSBC made the decision to leave to focus on updating its Net Zero Transition ...

ISS STOXX launches Sovereign Climate Impact Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... it aims to be a flexible, decision-useful solution that addresses a wide range of use cases for institutional investors, banks and insurers of climate risk mitigation and impact investing in the sovereign space. It aligns sovereign and sub-sovereign ...

Australian banks fail to manage financed deforestation: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Latest findings identified mortgages provided by major banks are contributing to deforestation, with just one bank having made a 'No deforestation' commitment. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) conducted analysis of 100 land titles and found ...

Aware Real Estate names new chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Real Estate (ARE) has appointed Tracey Whitby as chief executive of the $2.5 billion property fund, effective June 1. Whitby had been serving as interim chief executive for the past six months. The property arm's chair Rod Fehring praised ...

Institutions drive responsible investment despite headwinds: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... now bolstered by representatives from all aspects of the investment market. Asset managers, research and data providers, banks, insurers, and of course asset owners." In the ever-evolving landscape of regulation, geopolitical noise, tariffs and election ...

Macquarie shareholders call for transparency

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... doubled its exposure to oil and gas in the past two years and is heading in the wrong direction when Australia's big four banks are all winding back fossil fuel lending," van de Pol said. "Macquarie's increasing finance for dangerous fossil fuel expansion ...

Escala poised to overhaul strategy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... research. He has focused exclusively on wealth management for the past 25 years, working initially with global investment banks before co-founding Escala in 2013. Howard, a former UBS Wealth Management executive, played a pivotal role in establishing ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Construction Bank, pricing certificates of deposit and medium-term notes for issuers. He later undertook contract work at several banks before moving to Australia's superannuation sector.

Green moves: Agscent, HSBC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... multiplying financial risks of global heating is still one of its priorities," the activist said. "As one of the largest banks in the world with exposure across Europe and Asia, HSBC is even more vulnerable than some of its European peers to climate ...