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Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products hit $1.17 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... the peace of mind and knowledge that their investment or loan is not being used to fund harmful industries such as fossil fuels, tobacco or armaments. "We know that our existing members value this enormously, and that it is of great appeal to potential ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... the following categories: pornography, gaming, animal testing, armaments, alcohol, tobacco, and three categories in fossil fuels- thermal coal, oil sands, and oil and gas. These screens feed into Praemium's existing capabilities that permit customisation ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Countries such as Australia that heavily depend on fossil fuels are likely to be more impacted when reaching targets for a zero-carbon global economy, given expected structural changes in the economy, according to Beyond Ratings, a division of London ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... a high sustainability-related risk, such as thermal coal producers; launching new investment products that screen fossil fuels" as well as increasing transparency. Furthermore there is an increase in consumer demand for ESG funds. Super money is flowing ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... demand is currently at peak and will begin to rapidly decline by 2025, with renewable energy generation to surpass fossil fuels by 2030. Electrification, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage will contribute towards progressive decarbonisation, Fulton ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... portfolio - one screen is a minimum market cap of $50 million. Perennial then applies a negative screen, eliminating fossil fuels, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, forestry activities, gambling activities, and unhealthy fast food. The team then applies its ...

BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... Global Bond Index Fund. The fund is benchmarked to a customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Select ex-Fossil Fuels Index and is AUD hedged. It is "designed for ESG-aware investors seeking a core fixed income exposure to Global fixed ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... products. The most prevalent negative screens conducted by investment managers are for weapons and tobacco, followed by fossil fuels and human rights. But RIAA found that consumer's searches for negative screens products via its Responsible Returns web ...

Zuper Super launches Wealthness hub to educate, engage member base

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... out tobacco and nuclear weapons, and Zuper Impact Plus, which also screens out gambling, pornography, alcohol and fossil fuels. On top of that "base", members can allocate towards three three themed portfolio choices - Zuper Green, Zuper Health, and ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... participate in the research process, and noted that all of the participant funds deployed some level of screening out of fossil fuels as a risk mitigation strategy. "We are looking at empowering Millennials to better understand their super," said Oshadee ...