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Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The global fixed income debt market faces significant climate transition risks, with trillions of dollars in outstanding bonds exposed to potential financial disruption by 2030, according to Emmi. This represents a GFC-level economic event, according ...

Investors still drawn to DEI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... board level could have long-term consequences for corporate governance," commented Singapore-based head of sustainable finance, Asia-Pacific S&P Global Ratings Bertrand Jabouley. Despite this, asset managers and investors are still incorporating ESG. ...

Investors must take a long-term view: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... ambition." Peppelenbos believes that in their inception, net zero initiatives got off to a bad start. The launch of the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) at COP26 in the Scottish city in 2021 was celebrated as a watershed moment, with US$130 ...

Green moves: HSBC, ACSI, Minderoo, The Superpower Institute, QLD Office of Social Impact, Terrain NRM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... emissions targets to 2030 for key carbon intensive sectors, and aims to provide $750 billion - $1 trillion in sustainable finance and investment by 2030. Wentzel said: "In my previous roles, I've worked at the forefront of supporting our customers - ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... this, Garevski was a tutor at Melbourne University and a portfolio analysis intern for the Department of Treasury and Finance in Victoria. Moving to Queensland, Baoqing Gan has joined QIC as an investment risk analyst. Gan is tasked with reporting and ...

Investors and business leaders call for end to 'weak' net zero pledge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
An open letter led by Fortescue and signed by the likes of Future Super, Ethinvest, and a former RBA Governor, calls on the federal government to phase out fossil fuels. The letter demands 'real zero' targets over 'net zero' targets, and clear and transparent ...

Renewable energy company secures $160m from Macquarie

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is providing $160 million (€97m) to finance the expansion ambitions of Spanish renewable energy company Greenalia. Greenalia is the developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy assets in Spain, Portugal, and ...

Cbus hunts for new ESG head

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). She has also given advice on sustainable investing for the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI). BGH Capital did not comment at the time of publication.

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... program to improve financial resilience, operational resilience and risk culture. But he was recruited directly by the finance chief to lead the Integration program in 2020 when BOQ completed the purchase of ME Bank from 25 industry funds. MoutsatsosI ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... credit producers, corporates and financiers - including Citi Group, ANZ, CommBank, Attunga Capital and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CMI chief executive John Connor told FS Sustainability the group is disappointed that the reforms have ...