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Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Analysing more than 14,000 European ESG funds, non-government organisations Urgewald and Facing Finance found 4792 had collectively invested about $212 billion (€123bn) into companies ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... stakeholders, including high school principals and career practitioners, employer workforce development managers and government policy leaders.

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... released before the upcoming election. Speaking to Financial Standard, Jones said Tranche 2 has been a priority for the government and they want to ensure everything is in place before the federal election, and before Jones retires from politics. "We ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... priority for whoever wins this year's federal election. Releasing its Orange Book 2025: Policy priorities for the federal government report, Grattan made several recommendations of both major and minor reforms that would see whoever is victorious achieve ...

TWC Invest makes risk, technology hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... brings digital transformation expertise in financial services from financial institutions including PwC andNew Zealand government ministries, and founded Mission Intelligence, delivering data-driven and cost-effective solutions for financial services ...

Deficit to reach $26bn: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... deterioration in the underlying cash balance of $13.1 billion compared to the latest official forecast. The federal government turned in an underlying cash surplus of $15.8 billion in the 2023-24 financial year. "The magnitude of this turnaround illustrates ...

Macquarie heavyweights headline 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... in a session called Invested: Australia's Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040. Also on day two, Queensland government treasurer David Janetzki will talk about the social enterprise sector and impact investing. "One of the first things David's ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... assumption that the tariff will be a 1.2% shock, the broad deficit can cover that and have 0.5% left." The Chinese government is also switching its way on spending, to which Wang described as "very encouraging". "China has long been accused of making ...

Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The government has released draft legislation to mandate payday super, a policy that was first flagged in the 2023-24 Federal Budget. The draft legislation stipulates that from 1 July 2026, employers must pay their employees' superannuation at the ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... 'friend-shoring' - integrating supply chain production more with trusted trading partners." Additionally, it called on the federal government to re-examine a high population growth model. "Australia has one of the highest population growth rates in the ...