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UniSuper accused of greenwashing in GEO option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... UniSuper from a governance perspective. In an investment performance update last week, UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce pointed out that both Microsoft and Nvidia are down so far in 2026; the total return on Microsoft has been roughly -15% ...

UniSuper reduces its fossil fuel exposure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... transition but remain difficult to decarbonise. As a result, we do not expect our fund's emissions to fall every year," John Pearce, chief investment officer at UniSuper, said. The top five companies contributing over 45% of the carbon emissions in its ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... fund's Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option returned a dismal -15.96% in FY24, but chief investment officer John Pearce says the growth themes remain intact, adding it's on a more solid footing than in FY21 when returns soared to near ...

UniSuper sustainable option returns 15.2%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... explains the guts of why they did quite a bit better than their mainstream counterparts." Chief investment officer John Pearce said during the previous financial year the superfund made several significant investments. This included a 33% stake in FSC-certified ...

UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... geographies, technologies, power markets, renewable resources, and asset lifecycle stages. UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said the super fund is a significant investor of MGECO and will be investing alongside Macquarie's balance sheet. ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... risk management. "Decarbonisation will be a pervasive theme for at least the next decade," chief investment officer John Pearce said in the report. "It is both essential and inevitable. This will involve a much greater share of renewables as a baseload ...

UniSuper allocates to venture capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... "UniSuper has always championed Australia's thinkers, creators and investigators," said UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce. "Uniseed is at the forefront of new start-ups and technologies. This is an excellent opportunity for UniSuper to actively ...

Industry superannuation fund ESG options surpass $10 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... of coal, oil or gas. "Surpassing $10 billion FUM across our ESG-themed strategies is a significant milestone," said John Pearce, chief investment officer at UniSuper. "Excellent returns have obviously been a major contributing factor. The growth also ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... December AGM. Investors have not fully made up their minds, in Thursday's Australian Financial Review, UniSuper CEO John Pearce said that the superannuation fund would oppose further moves to remove Westpac board members. Former US Defence Secretary ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... related." However, there is not a unified response from investors. In Thursday's Australian Financial Review, UniSuper CEO John Pearce said that the superannuation fund would oppose further moves to remove Westpac board members. The Australian Shareholders' ...
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