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Geoeconomic conflicts, extreme weather threaten global stability: WEF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... confrontation is the "most severe risk" that will herald a new phase of volatility over the next two years, while climate change will be the biggest threat over the long term, a report from the World Economic Forum finds. Released ahead of the annual ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... achievement of state renewable energy targets. "Achieving net zero at least cost and adapting to the effects of climate change are central to our productivity challenge," Wood said.

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... Norway-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, in a statement. "Large pension funds increasingly see climate change not as a moral issue but as a systemic financial threat to long-term portfolio values, and they expect their managers ...

Ontario Teachers' sells majority stake in Sydney desalination plant

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... drinking water needs. The plant substantially improves Sydney's water resilience in the face of increasing climate change-exacerbated extreme weather events, including floods, droughts, and population growth increasing demand, it said. Under previous ...

Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... and in Australia, concerns around technology and health have become increasingly dominant, and the prominence of climate change and environmental risk perceptions has decreased," Wainwright said. "As one of Australia's largest life insurers, the ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... recently," he says. What has taken off, though, is investments in opportunities like forestry, which are linked to climate change and ideal for investors who want to take advantage of potential carbon offsets and credits. McKay admits there are indeed ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... structural changes are creating more conflict; more intervention; higher inflation; more divergence; driving of climate change, demography and technology; more volatility and fragility; and more uncertainty. "These identified shifts increase the risk ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... resilience as a key thematic when making responsible investment decisions. "We see this as a systemic risk, the same as climate change, the same as decent work would be systemic risks right across the portfolio, we think global resilience is the same," ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... including mining, oil and gas, utilities, manufacturing, and waste management. He also helped develop a risk-based climate change adaptation framework and asset management model for a global petrochemical company. Finally, Brighter Super has appointed ...

Super good for financial stability, for now: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... that uplift, but it is a bit variable. So, that's an area I know [the RBA] is watching. Jones said the current global climate also means there are more risks for funds to account for, and he expects hedging demands will increase and the management ...