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Institutional investors shift gears amid "new market regime"

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Nuveen's latest global institutional investor survey shows that investors are adjusting risk management and asset allocation strategies due to geopolitical tensions, higher rates, market volatility, and upcoming elections, with three themes dominating ...

Kiwi energy broker sparks interest across the pond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
New Zealand-based gas, power, and carbon markets brokerage firm Aotearoa Energy has attracted the attention of UK market infrastructure firm TP ICAP in a takeover deal. The buyout is for an undisclosed sum. TP ICAP said the acquisition is complementary ...

PRI appoints RI ecosystem officers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired a chief RI ecosystems officer for the Americas and APAC and promoted another to a similar role covering the UK, Europe and India, Middle East and Africa. Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff is chief RI ecosystems ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Australian and Asia Pacific financiers see reputational risk as a greater concern than the social and environmental impacts of the companies in which they invest. Personal views on climate are influencing investment decision-making, with financiers ...

China stock exchange rings in Year of the Dragon with ESG mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The Chinese stock exchange will mandate a "double materiality" approach to sustainability reporting, covering governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. As the region celebrates the Lunar New Year, mainland China's three main stock ...

Amazon's Queensland operations to run off solar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Global giant Amazon and an independent power producer have announced the commercial operation of a new 125-megawatt renewable energy project that will power Amazon operations, including data centres and fulfilment centres. This comes as Premier Steven ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
A group of 45 investors with $11.9 trillion in assets under management have signalled support for a national compensation scheme for modern slavery victim-survivors in Australia. There are at least 1900 victim-survivors of modern slavery in Australia ...

$200m social housing catalyst for clean energy sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian federal and NSW state government have announced a partnership of $200 million in funding for clean energy upgrades on social housing and low-income rentals. The funding will go towards upgrading housing stock in the parts of New South ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This is the sixth in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics In 2024, Australian business will need to focus on the strength of their response to climate change, with government aiming to legislate mandatory climate ...

SDG Loan Fund raises $1.1b of investor capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Investors have raised over US$1.1 billion of capital to advance the goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in emerging and frontier markets, using a blended finance model. Allianz Global Investors is managing the SDG Loan Fund ...