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Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... emerging in both commercial lending and residential mortgages in Europe. Barker is special counsel at MinterEllison, and research affiliate at the University of Oxford. "The other side of fiduciary duties is that there are many other fiduciary relationships ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... a fund's performance, and can also be used as a signal of market sentiment regarding ESG risks to companies. "Firstly research tells us that good businesses do out perform bad businesses," said Chad Slater, CIO at Morphic Asset Management. "Companies ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... GEO Group - that operate immigrant detention centres housing people Core Civic and GEO Group are flagged under MSCI's research system for social concerns, said Meggin Thwing Eastman, head of impact and screening research for MSCI ESG Research. "Each ...

40% of ASX200 fall short of the carbon reduction requirements: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), meaning they are at risk of facing regulatory penalties, according to new research from MSCI. Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG Research, MSCI MSCI has analysed ASX200 company risk through the lens of direct ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... complying with air pollution regulations and a rising carbon price. "There are a couple of obvious applications for the research," Gray said. "It will help with disclosure initiatives, like CDP, Climate Action 100+, and PRI. There are all these different ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... contemporaneous return on equity, and can also be a predictor of a company's ability to protect future profits, according to new research from AXA IM Rosenberg Equities. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA IM Rosenberg Equities Rosenberg ...

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... limited use to investors." Alison George, Regnan acting CEO, noted that ASIC's findings correlate with their own in-house research on ASX-listed companies, but said that there are more areas of risk to be concerned beyond the headline findings. "They ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... transitioning into a low carbon economy in the mist of the physical impacts of climate change. The group has issued its first research project, Climate Change, Superannuation and Millennials, which examines how the $2.6 trillion Australian superannuation ...

Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... investment opportunities, with strong appetite, but regulatory uncertainty threatens future growth, according to new research from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change ...

Pauline Vamos resigns as chief executive officer of Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Pauline Vamos has resigned as CEO of Regnan. Pauline Vamos, Regnan chief executive Vamos has worked as CEO for 12 months, and the Regnan board "thanks Ms Vamos for her significant contribution to Regnan over the last 12 months and the leadership she ...