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RIAA: Green bonds broaden investor appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... room for greenwashing. In a separate development, this year marks the launch of the first Treasury Green Bond. The Australian Office of Financial Management kicked off a national roadshow, happening in-person and online, this month to help educate would-be ...

Competition watchdog exec first boss at think tank

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... to governments and industry to realise this opportunity. Mullen has worked at the Essential Services Commission, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Commonwealth Treasury and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. He has qualifications ...

Canberra's new plan a winner for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (IGCC) managing director of policy, Erwin Jackson, commented: "With the right policy settings in place, Australian companies and investors could utilise the demand for clean solutions domestically and across the world to create new growth ...

Two new ETFs for Franklin Templeton

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... mining or extracting thermal coal, or extracting oil from tar sands subject to a 10% revenue threshold. The Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (FRAR) is an actively managed portfolio of fixed income strategies, investing in debt instruments ...

Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Australian businesses and financiers face significant challenges in reporting on sustainability - a technical skill that is essential to meet climate targets and ensure a smooth and effective transition to net zero. Both government and high education ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... in decades, according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) senior economists. The economists pointed out that Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data from February revealed a significant decline in building approvals to an annualised rate of ...

Philanthropic donations under scrutiny

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Voice to Parliament was defeated 60-40 in October 2023. Any donation over $15,200 in a referendum must be declared to Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Some companies that made the list have policies that ban political donations. The Yes campaign ...

Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... satellite imagery data that informs Australia's national greenhouse accounts, analysed by researchers from the Australian National University, data analytics firm Haizea Analytics Pty Ltd, the University of New South Wales, and the University of ...

Canberra acts on billion-dollar net zero plan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... also get an Energy Industry Jobs Plan. Investors welcome to move, warning a vacuum of authority causes project delays. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) CEO Louise Davidson said the net zero transition is "the most significant transformation ...

Indigenous communities reunited with $25m in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... part of the foundation's latest Impact Report, which also shows it helped 2160 individuals with super, banking and government services in 2023. This was up from 1600 the year before. It also increased the number of organisations trained through its ...
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