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Blackstone and Vista to acquire energy market software

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... exclusively in enterprise software, data and technology-enabled organisations across private equity, permanent capital, credit and public equity strategies. Blackstone Energy Transition Partners has now invested more than $21 billion of equity across ...

Climate change a risk to financial stability: RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... said. "More advanced modelling techniques and more granular data are needed to produce more robust estimates of possible credit losses." There will be a focus on the impact of climate change on the household insurance sector. "Payouts have been rising ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... responses to climate-related risks and opportunities, investors are committing to emissions reductions in their portfolios. Credit rating agencies and other stakeholders are increasingly examining the relationship between climate change and sovereign ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... diversity and inclusion at all levels, he said. Overseas associates are starting to view a lack of racial diversity as a credit risk, and NASDAQ has implied policy positions for racial board representation. "We're at a time where there has never ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... biodiversity offsets notwithstanding, Australia's vast wilderness and farmlands position it to profit from biodiversity credit markets, if implemented.

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Connecting how the finance sector can connect with innovations in biodiversity, natural capital and work being done on the ground in sectors like the agricultural industry is the next stage in driving real world impacts in protecting the natural world. ...

Solving carbon credit concerns with blockchain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... offsets to be labelled a "scam". Asset management firm Northern Trust is implementing an industry-wide voluntary carbon credit ecosystem that would allow institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits from leading project developers. In September ...

Act now on carbon emissions to avoid higher costs later: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The price of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) is likely to double by 2035, meaning that companies should act now to reduce or abate emissions, according to EY. EY has published Changing Gears: Australia's Carbon Market Outlook 2023, which ...

Brookfield buys UK Banks Renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... approximately $850 billion of assets under management across renewable energy, infrastructure, private equity, real estate, and credit. Family firm the Banks Group sold its renewable energy division with 11 onshore wind farms across the UK, and two further ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Group for 16 years, Phillipa establishing, investing, and managing infrastructure and energy-focused funds, overseeing credit exposure and market risk, and building new funds and businesses including renewable energy development platforms with a global ...