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Macquarie Group has withdrawn from the world’s largest climate banking alliance, making it the first major Australian financial institution to do so, with CBA to start a review of its membership soon.

Meanwhile, DataRoom reports a major consortium, including David Di Pilla's HMC Capital and Bupa, is sizing up a bid for Brookfield's Healthscope as rising debts and costs plague the hospital provider.

And assertions from a senior Trump trade spokesman claiming Australia’s aluminium sector is controlled by China is factually wrong, new analysis from The Australian shows.