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Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... 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. "The current uncertainty around policy and geopolitics ...

Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The energy giant's US$2.35 billion ammonia buyout may placate many shareholders, but the high price paid has raised alarms given the yet-to-be-operational plant hinges on possibly impermanent carbon capture. Last week, Australian oil and gas company ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Nest is establishing an evergreen timberland fund and has its sights set on opportunities in Australia. The $70 billion workplace pension fund has enlisted Campbell Global, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's timberland investment advisory company, to ...

ASX200 boards near gender target: ACSI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank, Macquarie and Helia Group top the list of ASX200 companies with the most women at board level, but questions remain on the link between boardroom diversity and financial performance. Female directors doubled in under a decade ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Aware Super has recruited a senior analyst to join the $180 billion super fund's responsible investment team. Reporting to the stewardship manager Louise Bradshaw, Satoko Asai will contribute to developing and implementing Aware Super's stewardship ...

Australian Ethical scores gold, others fall off charts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Stark differences in ESG fund performance in FY24 reflect markedly contrasting portfolio strategies - but might add fuel to the anti-ESG fire, Rainmaker warns. Australian Ethical and Nationwide Super topped the Rainmaker Information ESG league tables ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Mercer Superannuation Australia has been slapped with a whopping $11.3 million penalty by the Federal Court on the back of an ASIC-led greenwashing investigation. Mercer was found to make misleading statements on its website about seven Sustainable ...

Podcast: Can the market solve climate change? Climate finance with Blair Palese

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Reduction Act will crowd in more than $3 trillion US dollars of investment over the next decade. The Future Made in Australia Act has been billed as Australia's response to the US IRA - but are taxpayer dollars better spent elsewhere? Today, we discuss ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
ANZ bank, fund manager Nuveen and the Australian Department of Finance and Trade (DFAT) are part of a steering committee backing Indonesia's move to raise $1.5 billion in gender-based capital by next year. The agreement was struck at a roundtable meeting ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... attracted a diverse mix of pension, sovereign and insurance, as well as funds, endowments and family offices across Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe. Co-founder and managing partner David Scaysbrook said the close demonstrates investor confidence ...