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Shareholders question Macquarie's climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Group shareholders are questioning if the investment giant is still committed to aligning its finances with the goal of net zero by 2050 and if so, how it plans to assess its fossil fuel financing activity for compliance. Shareholders have ...

Financial services 'structurally behind' on calculating climate-related risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Although financial services firms have formed "solid" governance structures to acknowledge climate-related risks, the action taken on them tells a very different story, a new analysis shows. Sustainability consultancy ERM has analysed 33 disclosures ...

APRA's climate-related stress tests pose as financial risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
A stress test conducted by APRA reveals climate-related risks can aggravate Australia's insurance protection gap for households and ultimately heighten financial risks. In the Insurance Climate Vulnerability Assessment report, APRA warns how increased ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Institute names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... McDonnell, chief financial officer of IAG. Before joining IAG, he was a founding member of the Bank of England's Climate Financial Risk Forum, chair of Royal & Sun Alliance's ESG Committee, member of the University of Cambridge ClimateWise Council, and ...

Star Entertainment judgement gives key lessons for directors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... sharpened regulatory focus on board-level accountability. The clear message for boards is that active oversight of non-financial risk must be a focus, and especially so in high-risk, highly regulated sectors."

Insurers grapple with managing physical risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... vulnerable regions, while 88% are expressed moderate-to-very high concern about physical risk creating systemic financial risk. In Australia, APRA's CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks provides a prudential framework for managing climate change financial ...

Net Zero Asset Managers relaunches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... other key stakeholders that they are forward-looking, transparent investors, committed to managing climate-related financial risk and opportunity," said NZAM steering committee chair Rebecca Mikula-Wright. "Since its inception, NZAM has helped improve ...

Green moves: AustralianSuper, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... across asset management, banking, and insurance sectors. Before joining ART, he held executive roles in market and financial risk analytics, model validation, and stress-testing at Suncorp Group. Earlier, he managed the independent investment risk and ...

Super moves: Top super funds lose key risk executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... across asset management, banking, and insurance sectors. Before joining ART, he held executive roles in market and financial risk analytics, model validation, and stress-testing at Suncorp Group. Earlier, he managed the independent investment risk and ...

Podcast: The steel paradox

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar discusses the critical and complicated role of steel in the transition to a decarbonised future with Fidelity International's Sue-Lyn Stubbs. They discuss the steel paradox and its essential ...
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