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Australian mutual fund assets rise to $66.8bn in 2019: Cerulli Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... next 10 years. Among those polled, 64% viewed climate change as a critical threat, while 81% aged 18-29 years saw global warming as a 'serious and pressing problem.'" Cerulli conducted a survey of Australian institutional investors and found that 88.2% ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... signatories of Climate Action 100+, will continue to work with the largest global emitters of greenhouse gases to limit global warming and protect our members' assets to ensure we can pay benefits." BlackRock's formal announcement will help accelerate ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... into its ILS investment process. "No doubt, we acknowledge that there is change in terms of overall climate or global warming," Liu said. "The first thing to note is that the insurance and reinsurance industry is a for-profit industry. We're on the forefront ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Investing in a Time of Climate Change - The Sequel. Modelling in the Mercer report suggests that under a scenario where global warming is constrained to 2C, average sector-level return impacts to 2050 are all negative except for renewables, infrastructure ...

ACCR files shareholder resolution with BHP over industry associations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... strengthen standards in relation to various issues, including workplace health and safety, environmental protection, global warming, community engagement, workforce skills and diversity, and measures that support economic growth, which would not be possible ...

ACCR planning to lodge resolutions at Santos, Woodside Petroleum AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... us what we're looking for." In addition to asking the companies to set targets in line with the goal of limiting global warming to below 2C, ACCR will also raise questions about the role of industry associations in opposing climate policy in Australia. ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... October release of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5oC only adds to the governing context of directors when it comes to managing climate risk. The IPCC report urgently ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... transition directly at the regional and global level and help achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to well below two- degrees Celsius. We welcome the leadership ambitions that a number of companies have set out, but now ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... buildings to meet a net zero carbon emissions trajectory, aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels, the CEFC noted. This is not the first time that NAB has issued securitisation ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... the time to walk away from a global response which sets out a clear pathway forward and shared goals for limiting global warming to less than two degrees Celsius." Chris Newton, executive director, Responsible Investment at IFM Investors, reiterated ...