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NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... carbon, while employing risk efficiently and without sacrificing performance, the strategy helps investors manage climate risk while achieving their investment objectives." NTAM manages US$1.1 trillion in AUM, is a UNPRI signatory and a founding signatory ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... of power within financial institutions, within companies and those individuals are not demonstrating appropriate climate risk management or appropriate regard for climate risk, there is a chance for members, other engaged stakeholders and orgs like Market ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... is founded on a reasonable basis, in line with recent opinions from Noel Hutley regarding trustees duties around climate risk, Barnden said. "[Equity Generation] we think there's a problem with how QSuper is dealing with climate risk, and it's open to ...

IGCC names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has hired a new chief executive officer. Rebecca Mikula-Wright joins IGCC from the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), where she has been executive director for almost five years. Mikula-Wright ...

Investors outline roadmap for mandatory climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... disclosure in Australia, outlining how Australia's financial regulators and the federal government can act to make climate risk disclosure clear and consistent across companies, investors, banks and insurers. The groups note that the reporting guidelines ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change, diversity, and systemic inequality topped the engagement list for T. Rowe Price, with the global fund manager pressing for improved disclosure from corporations and asset managers on ESG issues. T. Rowe Price has issued its third ESG ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the biggest risk to growth. Nelson noted that Australian executives are also concerned with the uncertainty that climate risk brings, mainly as pertains to climate policy. "There is a firm acceptance that climate policy is going to get more aggressive ...

Assessing carbon beta risk in portfolios: Platypus Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... portfolio's carbon emissions to produce a footprint is a blunt instrument that may not accurately measure and manage climate risk, according to Platypus Asset Management. Platypus Asset Management has developed a quantitative tool aimed at measuring ...

Using climate scenarios to assess company risks, return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... stock level," Tam said. "What we found through doing the scenario analysis is that the main, key takeaway is that climate risk is at the stock level. You don't see as much stock dispersion at the aggregate level - at the aggregate level it only has ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... receiving legal advice that they have a duty of care in their legal obligations as directors when it comes to managing climate risk. According to a recent legal opinion, Climate Change and Directors Duties, written by Noel Hutley and Sebastian Hartford-Davis ...