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Clean energy strategies a gateway to long-term growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... has increased in the short term, all natural resources companies surveyed by Willis, a WTW business, have some form of a clean energy strategy. Willis' survey of 450 "senior decision markers" in energy and natural resources giants across the globe suggested ...

Westpac's Yetton chooses to move on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Westpac chief executive of consumer banking Jason Yetton has left the bank, prompting a search for his successor. Yetton led the consumer division since August 2023 after three years leading the bank's specialist business and group strategy. This ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to deliver its first interest rate cut since November 2020 when the board meets tomorrow. However, while most of the market is expecting a regular 0.25% cut, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese ...

Renewable energy company secures $160m from Macquarie

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... will allow us to reach 1 GW of projects in operation in 2026." According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global clean energy investment reached $3 trillion (US$1.9tn) in 2023, up 10% year-on-year, outpacing the amount allocated to fossil fuels ...

Chalmers 'managing pressures' to shore up economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
The slowdown in Chinese economic growth, the Trump Presidency and ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East are potential pressures facing the Australian economy, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Speaking at the Business Council of Australian dinner ...

SMA registrations double in three years: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... five-year period, coming in at 192. This was driven by the undertaking of several joint data quality projects to cleanse and clean up APIR customers' legacy products, Donohoe explained.

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... said at an event hosted by financial PR firm PritchittBland yesterday. He said neither side of the political spectrum had "clean hands" regarding regulation, noting some reforms stemming from the Royal Commission were hastily implemented, saddling the ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... their ESG mandates than new fund launches. "High interest rates continued to penalise some areas of the market, such as clean energy stocks and other growth stocks," explained Morningstar Sustainalytics sustainable investing research head Hortense Bioy. ...

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... investors who've adopted more aggressive investment strategies, it could flow into the ESG space if they view renewable and clean energy as growth opportunities. "Despite what's happening in America, there's still a lot of momentum in this ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... drive growth in decarbonising companies. While higher interest rates have weighed on returns in decarbonisation sectors and clean tech sentiment has been very negative, Ninety One head of sustainable equity Deirdre Cooper predicts a resurgence. "Investors ...