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Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Geopolitical risks are dictating how family offices in the Asia Pacific 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 ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... equality has shifted from fifth place to runner-up in the list of key priorities for the responsible investor - a "huge" shift. Regardless of personal preferences, many people across the political spectrum want to preserve the environment and care about ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... outperformed. It remains to be seen whether the industry will move towards harmonisation of ESG definitions and practices, a shift that would reduce divergence and ultimately returns dispersion. "Our empirical results suggest that the current confusion ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... standards are currently before parliament to enforce accurate reporting around sustainability-related activities. "While the shift to sustainable finance may constitute a once-in-a-generation transformation, the fundamental underlying principles are ...

New fintech partnership tracks carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024  |  NEWS
A carbon tracker and an AI engagement platform for financial institutions have joined forces to provide climate-conscious spending solutions. Cogo will track carbon emissions for clients of Personetics, a global firm with over 130 bank partnerships ...

Canberra's new plan a winner for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... competition... the partners we seek are moving to the beat of a new economic reality." "This decade marks a fundamental shift in the way nations are structuring their economies." The industrial policy is a large-scale economic intervention that will ...

Three innovations to fix carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
With effective risk management and capital allocation, Australia's carbon market can scale to become the biggest in the world, Westpac and the Carbon Market Institute (CMI) say. Companies are shifting from a focus on carbon neutrality to net zero alignment ...

Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... regenerative practices that look beyond immediate gains, addressing the broader systemic impacts essential for sustainability. This shift is not just about environmental responsibility but about building true resilience for businesses in a rapidly evolving ...

Borrowers pressured for plans as Scope 3 left in dust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... and must be addressed simultaneously. "None of this work is easy and sometimes we need to make difficult decisions. "This shift will not be linear and will include a series of cumulative leaps and tipping points over the next few decades. Our global ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... extremely complex and challenging regulatory reform, he said. "This move to mandatory climate reporting is a generational shift that will need to be carefully managed, requiring extensive up-skilling across boards, organisations, the audit profession ...