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Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... encapsulated within the 2023 Safeguard Mechanism legislation. For example, it will develop a purpose-built Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, introduce a Sovereign Green Bonds program and strengthen the framework of mandatory climate-related financial disclosure ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... alleviate cost-of-living pressures. To ease the housing affordability crisis, Labor will increase the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation's liability cap by $2 billion to $7.5 billion to provide more low-cost loans to Community Housing ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... taxonomy." The funding forms part of a $14.2 million package divided over four years to boost the government's sustainable finance agenda. About $8.3 million over the period will establish a sovereign green bond program to raise capital for environmental ...

AFCA appoints lead ombudsman, investments and advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... acting lead ombudsman in January last year when his predecessor Natalie Cameron was named lead ombudsman for banking and finance. Previously, Singh has worked both as an in-house legal counsel and for regulators including WorkSafe Victoria and the Medical ...

Mercer scoops up third BT business unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... superannuation funds and the sale of Advance Asset Management to Mercer. Platforms, Westpac Pacific, margin lending and auto finance business currently remain. Specialist Businesses' net profit rose a whopping 273% to $493 million thanks to the sale ...

abrdn chief economist rejoins Reserve Bank

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... serving as a senior economist at PNB Paradis, deputy director at the Washington DC think tank The Institute of International Finance and a senior economist at the OECD. "It is more than fair to say that I wouldn't be the economist I am today without ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said that without a sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council ...

NZ Super Fund chief executive resigns

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... looking forward to taking time off to think through his next steps. "I intend to continue my interest in the sustainable finance space - consistent with the great work that we have been doing at the Guardians," he said. The Guardians chair Catherine ...

Superhero to launch adviser platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
The platform, set to hit the market in the first half of next year, will focus on providing accessible investment and superannuation portfolio solutions to better serve financial advisers and their clients. Superhero chief executive and co-founder John ...

MA Financial acquires US credit manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... Private Credit Fund, managed by both investment teams in July. The initial focus for MA Financial will be on the specialty finance market, it said. Blue Elephant founders J.P. Marra and Ashees Jain will assume the roles of co-head of MA Financial US ...