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Adam Willis joins DWS distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
DWS has hired Adam Willis as a senior client coverage specialist in its client coverage division across the Australian and New Zealand markets. Willis is Sydney-based and reports to DWS head of client Coverage Division Australia and New Zealand Lidia ...

Moody's RMS appoints regional managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... help clients and communities decode risk and unlock opportunity." "Climate change and natural catastrophes, such as flood, fire, earthquake, and typhoon, continue to wreak havoc on the Asia Pacific region. Following the devastating effects of the COVID-19 ...

BlackRock Real Assets buys battery grid business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
The buyout and $1 billon spending commitment towards Akaysha Energy demonstrates the investment giant's continued support of green energy projects in Australia. This marks the first battery storage investment made by BlackRock's Climate Infrastructure ...

RBA raises interest rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has increased the cash rate by 50 basis points, ramping up its efforts to quash runaway inflation. RBA governor Phillip Lowe stayed the course with his assessment that while the Australian economy remained resilient ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 85 basis points. The central bank also raised the interest rate on exchange settlement balances by 50 basis points to 75 basis points. At its meeting ...

AGL abandons demerger, leadership resigns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
Following shareholder opposition underscored by ESG concerns, AGL will no longer pursue a demerger; a move that sees the departure of its chief executive Graeme Hunt and chair Peter Botten. Today, AGL board of directors announced the company would withdraw ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
The California Senate passed a bill overnight prohibiting the United States' two largest public pension funds from investing in the world's top 200 fossil fuel companies and require them to divest any existing holdings by 2030. The California ...

HESTA opposes AGL demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
The industry fund will not back the proposed demerger, saying it will not adequately support decarbonisation efforts and therefore wouldn't serve its members' best interests. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger. ...

ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
ANZ has seized the opportunities afforded to it by global digital currency adoption and created the first Australian-bank-issued stablecoin with positive results. Having only recently minted its first stablecoin, ANZ has already found several key elements ...

Easter Bunny feels the inflationary pinch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Funds management boutique Firetrail Investments has highlighted soaring cocoa commodity prices this Easter break via its chocolate index. Firetrail's global chocolate index has shown that select cocoa related commodities have risen 32% since the start ...