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RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... if they were to contribute to rapid price falls through large sales." Finally, Kearns noted that insurers, banks and super fund trustees "all face liability risk if they do not disclose, address and manage the effects of climate change sufficiently for ...

VFMC hires to investment stewardship team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... diverse areas of consideration," VFMC says in its policy. "As such, it is intended that this policy has broad application." The fund has a "longstanding and ongoing focus" on several priority themes that broadly map to the UN Sustainable Development ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Melior Investment Management. In its most recent quarterly report, Melior has analysed aSX300 companies on a range of ESG. The fund manager has found that there have been improvements on metrics such as in carbon intensity, with ASX300 companies reporting ...

BlackRock in $1bn capital commitment to battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
BlackRock Real Assets will acquire one of Australia's leading battery energy storage systems and renewable energy developers as part of a more than $1 billion capital commitment. One of BlackRock Real Asset's funds will acquire Akaysha Energy ...

Uncovering value in ESG improvers: Pengana

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... leader that stepped back to become a laggard, which had -125 basis points in underperformance," said Bradley Amoils, US-based fund manager for the Pengana Axiom International Ethical Funds. "The delta between laggard to leader or leader to laggard is ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... energy infrastructure." Barclays noted that the government also added an additional $3 billion to the National Reconstruction Fund to support new-energy industries, plus $1.1 billion to go towards green skills and a "revamp of their Safeguard Mechanism ...

CEFC, ANZ provide discount finance for SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... efficiency. Recent investments from the CEFC include a $50 million allocation matched by Qantas Super to an Ellerston Capital fund that will focus on investing on companies that are enabling carbon abatement. CEFC and Qantas Super's $100 million investment ...

APRA releases climate risk assessment results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Almost 40% of banks, insurers and superannuation funds say climate-related events could have a "material or moderate impact on their direct operations," according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). APRA has published the findings ...

V-Square launches ESG index strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
V-Square Quantitative Management has launched an ESG and carbon transition index strategy that aligns with the Your Future, Your Super performance test. The V-Square MSCI Global Equity ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Indexed Strategy tracks the ...

NGS Super divests from oil and gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... announced target of a 35% reduction of Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 2025 within the Diversified MySuper portfolio. The fund has restrictions on holding companies that generate more than 30% of revenue from distribution, power generation, or ...