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The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Responding to climate change is not only a global policy initiative, and a risk factor, but companies' climate change data and responses can be used as a mark of operational and management quality, according to research from BlackRock. Dr Joanna Nash ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Richard Brandweiner is the chief investment officer of First State Super, an AU$53 billion industry superannuation fund. In 2011, First State Super merged with Health Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... operations and prove to the naysayers that fossil fuel free investing is in demand. Our aim here is to see other fossil fuels divest from fossil fuels. We believe that will be critically important to the theory of change. Divesting from fossil fuels ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... guidelines, HESTA may consider divestment of any such companies," HESTA said in a statement explaining its decision to divest. " A number of independent non-government organisations, including the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
Fund managers and financial advisers are working to meet increased retail demand for responsible investment products, but gaps remain in asset classes. James Baird of JustInvest, board member, Ethical Advisers Co-op Investors are searching for options ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... over the role of fossil fuel assets in investment portfolios and the decision by fund managers and superannuation funds to divest from tobacco assets. This year, RIAA worked with EY to gather data on more than 90 financial products in Australia and New ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... to what sort of assets they hold. It also comes down to the corporate level as well - how quickly could this corporate divest from its high carbon intensive assets?" Analysts apply different methodologies to calculate value at risk, but the need for ...

Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
As institutional shareholders continue to engage with listed mining companies over risks like climate change and stranded assets, linking executive remuneration to achievements such as reserve replacement is one tool that is coming into consideration. ...

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional asset owners with diversified, long-term portfolios will be exposed to costs associated with the risks of climate change, and they have a "positive and unique role to play", according to a new discussion paper from Principles for Responsible ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Divesting from the worst emitting fossil fuels is only one step towards decarbonising the world economy, and Australian Ethical Investment says achieving the stated goal of capping global temperature increases to 2 degrees C requires a "sophisticated ...