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Net zero banks fund $3.5bn in carbon: Market Forces

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... banks' willingness to repeatedly con their customers and their investors, who are all demanding action on the climate crisis. "In reality, their money is being used to fund a project enabling emissions equivalent to running 15 coal plants for three ...

Australian billionaires double fortunes during pandemic: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... in this pandemic, but they are also actively enabling those who are already extremely rich and powerful to exploit this crisis for their own profit," Morgain said. The report also notes the significance of the world's two largest economies, the US ...

Aware Super leads on climate action: IGCC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... Climate Change, which placed Aware in a list of global asset owners leading the charge when it comes to solving the climate crisis. Aware incorporates portfolio-wide short, medium and long-term targets, advocates for a just transition, stronger policy ...

Pensioners could solve skills shortage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... number of work hours without affecting Australians' Age Pension could be the solution to the current skills shortage crisis. This is according to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is calling on the federal government to look ...

The dark side of super switching: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... 2020. This tripling meant 18% of the average member base switched options. For comparison, during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, just 6% switched options. These switches were often poor choices in terms of financial wellbeing and the growth of ...

New financial crisis standards proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... Lonsdale said the disorderly failure of an APRA-regulated entity could have a significant impact on the economy and society. "Crisis preparedness and resolution planning gets to the very heart of APRA's purpose to protect the financial interests of bank ...

La Trobe fined for misleading investors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... action against La Trobe in December last year, the firm said that no liquidity event, even though the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, ever occurred that required it to delay meeting redemptions. "We have never withheld a monthly distribution ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... match their longer‐term liabilities. "Despite the high level of gilt issuance practically every year since the financial crisis - with a truly record breaking £486 billion raised in 2020/21 as the government needed to finance the fight against the ...

Active Super adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... in his finance and operational experience, strategy and business planning skills, and his understanding of conflict and crisis management," he said. "Dom also made a tremendous contribution during his tenure on the investment committee where he was able ...

NAB posts bumper profit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... bank's lending for new fossil fuel developments. "NAB's policy is a cynical attempt to wordsmith its way out of the climate crisis," Market Forces Australian campaigns coordinator Jack Bertolus said. "The bank isn't serious about net zero by 2050 and ...