October 2023
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- Mergers & acquisitions
ACCC cites energy transition in approving Origin’s $18.7b takeover
A surge in Origin’s shares after its suitors won competition approval for their takeover offer has added further pressure for a bump-up in the offer price.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
June 2023
Brookfield’s new green capitalism delivered via the Cayman Islands
It’s not so long ago that Labor was painting Brookfield as beyond the pale over its use of tax havens.
- Myriam Robin
Interest rates high ‘well into next year’: Carney
Mark Carney, one of the world’s most respected central bankers, says interest rates will need to remain restrictive “well into next year” to tame inflation in economies including Australia.
- John Kehoe
Brookfield, Chalmers on unity ticket, asset manager tells ACCC
Brookfield insists it’s all green these days. But that doesn’t make it averse to a little brown-nosing.
- Myriam Robin
May 2023
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Four women who could have become RBA governor
Four female candidates have emerged to possibly take over Phil Lowe’s job at the Reserve Bank. But no governor has been denied a second term before.
- Aaron Patrick
April 2023
- Opinion
- Carbon challenge
Brookfield’s positive Origin Energy transition
Brookfield Asset Management’s deal to buy Origin Energy and turbocharge its decarbonisation is part of a global investment race, but the Albanese government may need to implement more policy to hit its goals.
- Ben Potter
March 2023
- Opinion
- Federal Reserve
Why the Federal Reserve won’t commit
As with anyone who’s reluctant to define the relationship, there is a method to the Fed’s wily ways. Central bankers want to keep their options open.
- Jeanna Smialek
December 2022
Vanguard quits climate alliance in blow to net-zero project
The world’s second-largest asset manager after BlackRock says leaving the alliance will provide clarity for its investors.
- Frances Schwartzkopff and Alastair Marsh
November 2022
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
A bit more fear and doubt about crypto is healthy
The demise of FTX has delivered a few tough lessons in two of the guiding principles of money management – do your homework, and keep it simple.
- Katie Martin
September 2022
Pension fund Cbus quits Mark Carney’s green alliance
The Australian fund and an Austrian pension fund have quit the alliance, as climate activist Al Gore warns on greenwashing risks.
- Alastair Marsh
US banks threaten to leave Mark Carney’s climate alliance
Lenders fear lawsuits if they stick with Mark Carney’s green alliance Gfanz.
- Stephen Morris, Kenza Bryan and Owen Walker
June 2022
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Who would want to be a central banker right now?
Central banks became enormously powerful after the global financial crisis. Now there are questions on whether they can do what is needed of them.
- Howard Davies
April 2022
Brookfield billionaire reveals the secret behind its 3700pc return
The alternative-investment firm’s chief executive, Bruce Flatt, also discusses why inflation isn’t a big worry and how he manages to stay relatively unknown.
- Steven Crabill
March 2022
This timber company sold millions of dollars of useless carbon offsets
One of the planet’s biggest sellers of carbon offsets is calling out the entire system, including some of his own projects, as broken and shortchanging the climate.
- Ben Elgin
Why are economists so fascinated by climate change?
As business leads on cutting emissions, some of Australia’s top economists are devoting their careers to climate and energy policy in the private sector.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Our flawed party leaders face off in an ominous world
This week’s Business Summit underlined a deteriorating world order. That is the background against which two unconvincing party leaders must fight for public acceptance as prime minister.
- The AFR View
Mark Carney on AGL, the carbon transition and Ukraine’s impact
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney commands a $21 billion war chest for investing in new energy projects for Brookfield Assets Management. He spoke with The Australian Financial Review.
- Jacob Greber
- Opinion
- Business Summit
Oil and gas spike into the energy transition
The energy price spikes of the past few weeks have sharpened the contradictions in the timing of the transition to renewable energy.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Carney warns of moving too slowly on energy transition
Mark Carney, one of the world’s most influential climate change powerbrokers, has sent an implicit message that the AGL board needs shaking out of its complacency.
- Tony Boyd
- Analysis
- Business Summit
Look past fossil fuel revival, war will ‘accelerate energy shift’
Brookfield vice chairman Mark Carney argues the war in Ukraine will accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, which are enjoying a renaissance.
- Aaron Patrick