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Blackrock boss Larry Fink.

The Republicans declare war on multibillion-dollar Wall Street giants

Things are heating up, even before Donald Trump returns to the White House and the Republicans take control of Congress.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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A render of Akaysha Energy’s proposed Orana battery storage system under construction near Wellington, NSW

Giant batteries are getting even bigger in Australia as coal exit nears

Developers of giant batteries designed to smooth the shift from coal to cleaner power are attracting record levels of investment.

  • Nick Toscano
Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plants will be built at seven sites around the country.

Dutton’s energy war spooks global investors

Major investors are already rethinking plans to keep ploughing billions of dollars into Australian renewable energy.

  • Nick Toscano, Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal
Market Forces chief executive Will van de Pol said the world’s biggest investment firms are failing to live up to their ‘active ownership’ claims.

Investor heavyweights failing to boot directors on climate commitments

Directors at companies failing to meet any climate commitment criteria received higher support in 2023 than those that met them, according to new research.

  • Millie Muroi
Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc.,

How to fix the ageing crisis? Follow Australia, says world’s most influential investor

BlackRock founder Larry Fink says we focus on helping people live longer lives but not even a fraction of that effort is spent helping people afford those extra years.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The transition to a lower carbon economy is one factor that will shape 2024.

The five ‘mega-forces’ to watch out for on the sharemarket in 2024

This time last year, economists were bracing for a recession, soaring interest rates and more fallout from the war in Ukraine. Their worst fears didn’t eventuate.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, says Australia is going through one of the fastest energy transitions globally.

Australia a magnet for green dollars, says investment giant

The world’s top asset manager, BlackRock, says Australia has become one of the most attractive destinations to invest in the global clean energy shift.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Once completed, the Waratah Super Battery in NSW will rank among the biggest grid-scale batteries anywhere in the world

BlackRock raises $500m to build Australia’s biggest battery

The world’s biggest fund manager, BlackRock, has raised more than $500 million with co-investors to fund a giant battery in Australia.

  • Nick Toscano
Fortescue Metals Chairman Andrew Forrest is among those warning of a clean energy arms race during a discussion of the impact of the United States Inflation Reduction Act on Australia’s clean energy future.

Historic risk and opportunity in the new clean energy ‘arms race’

The US government’s trillion-dollar clean energy stimulus has sparked a new industrial revolution, and there are fears it could cripple new Australian industries unless we fight back.

  • Nick O'Malley

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