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Australia's first global carbon credits ETF hits market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... Scheme. VanEck chief executive and managing director Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said that carbon pricing threads climate change costs into economic decision-making, incentivising changes in production and consumption patterns towards decarbonsiation. ...

First Sentier hires to new ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... firm's range of ethical and ESG superannuation funds. Le Mesurier has led and supported global engagements on climate change and modern slavery including the Woodside engagement for Climate Action 100+. The appointment is a "significant addition ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... debt-servicing challenges and threats from outside the financial system, including cyber-attacks, geopolitical tensions, and climate change as the leading risks to financial stability. Should financial conditions tighten further, a disorderly decline ...

BNP Paribas names APAC head of stewardship

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... Singapore chief executive. Prior to joining BNPP AM, Ho was director of investor practice at the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) where she spearheaded global initiatives including the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, the Paris-Aligned ...

Ethical ETF popularity soars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... conscious of their role as stewards of the planet, and in Australia, we saw a significant change of perception around climate change after the bushfires in 2019. People who had not previously thought of climate change became more aware, more concerned ...

Cbus expands investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
... expanding equities manager research program. Weickart will also continue to be the portfolio manager of Cbus' climate change portfolio, the fund added. As a result of Weickart's promotion, Myooran Mahalingam has been appointed senior portfolio ...

Crescent Wealth invests in water rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... value per megalitre of water," he said. "We are also seeing some pretty clear long-term trends playing out around climate change with lower rainfall patterns and higher temperatures which are relatively supportive of water values going forward." The ...

UniSuper appoints ESG manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... Superannuation Investors. There she specialised in climate risk and provided research to funds on how companies approach climate change, decarbonisation and transition plans Most recently she was manager, ESG engagement. She spent more than six years ...

HESTA adds Woodside, Santos to climate watchlist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... across its portfolio by 2030. Blakey said: "The science is telling us this is a critical decade and that mitigating climate change related risks requires an accelerated transition and a more rapid reduction in emissions." "HESTA is committed to using ...

Moody's RMS appoints regional managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... "integrated risk assessment strategy that will help clients and communities decode risk and unlock opportunity." "Climate change and natural catastrophes, such as flood, fire, earthquake, and typhoon, continue to wreak havoc on the Asia Pacific region. ...