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Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Centre for Social Impact's Advisory Council. Kathryn Presser, currently the chair of the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance's Risk and Performance Committee. Presser also holds several current non-executive director positions, including ...

Climate disclosure lawsuit against Commonwealth settled

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the chief executive officer of the Australian Office of Financial Management, and the secretary of the Department of Treasury - settled the case on 7 August under terms of a confidential heads of agreement, subject to court approval. O'Donnell chose ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... and central banking institutions. The RBA's analytical framework is under continued development. The Department of the Treasury alongside the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) undertook ...

Executive appointment roundup: State Street, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... He started in his new role in March. Simon Reid has been named director, based in Melbourne, and joins from ANZ Group Treasury. Reid has 18 years of banking experience, most recently as director, group funding, where he was actively involved in ANZ's ...

ANZ augments sustainable finance team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... He started in his new role in March. Simon Reid has been named director, based in Melbourne, and joins from ANZ Group Treasury. Reid has 18 years of banking experience, most recently as director, group funding, where he was actively involved in ANZ's ...

Executive appointment roundup: First Sentier, MaxCap, Northcape, Federated Hermes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG and stewardship efforts. Whittaker previously worked as a senior member in the Investment Stewardship team at NSW Treasury Corporation. Managing director Michael Ryan commented : "Incorporating ESG into our analysis has always played a key role in ...

Treasury seeks feedback on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
A second consultation paper released this week by Treasury asks for feedback on a standardised, internationally-aligned, mandatory climate-related financial disclosure framework that will be implemented starting from 2024. The new framework, informed ...

Western Australia issues first green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... bond, with use of proceeds to support projects delivering environmental and decarbonisation outcomes. Western Australia Treasury Corporation (WATC) issued the 4.25% ten-year bond, which was "heavily oversubscribed" with more than $6 billion in bids from ...

Climate change most pressing issue for APAC C-Suite: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... video training,"" to working with entities like Deloitte to embed climate skills across orgaisations, Symons added. "Treasury functions need climate skills, HR does, client facing roles do, product development teams need climate skills, but it's all ...

Companies urged to address Scope 3 emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... I think more discussion needs to happen, and quickly, as to the most appropriate path to take on that issue." If the Treasury proposal to mandate climate-related financial risk reporting, potentially including Scope 3 reporting, becomes law, it could ...