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Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... emissions by 2050. In July, Aware Super announced plans to divest from thermal coal miners and reduce emissions in its listed equities portfolio by at least 30% by 2023. In August, Cbus announced a net zero by 2050 target, as well as a commitment to ...

Senior trio exit AMP Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... Genevieve Murray, the head of Australian equities since October 2017, will move to the Future Fund as its head of listed equities, reporting to deputy chief investment officer of public markets David George. Megan Ford has served in an acting capacity ...

Super contributions rise despite ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... June 2020 quarter, 49.2% of the $1.8 trillion investments were invested in equities, with 24.1% in international listed equities, 21% in Australian listed equities and 4.1% in unlisted equities. Fixed income and cash investments accounted for 33.6% of ...

Invesco inks ESG plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... conduct emissions intensity, temperature alignment and climate scenario analysis for a significant part of its listed equities and corporate fixed-income holdings. The climate scenario analysis relies on the hypothesis of a 1.5C rise in temperature in ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... regulatory and macro fronts. "Investors too, are at a crossroads. Bond yields are at historic lows, and while listed equities are not cheap there is a lot happening below the surface," he said. "Tectonic policy shifts can alter the relationship between ...

Boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... is led by Julie Andrews, formerly the head of institutional at Vanguard Australia and IFM Investors director, listed equities - global investor relations.

First State to dump $40m of thermal coal holdings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... including its indexed exposures, from thermal coal miners from October and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its listed equities exposures by at least 30% by 2023. First State Super currently has shareholdings in BHP, Rio Tinto, Newcrest Mining ...

IFM Investors equities co-head departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
The industry-super-owned fund manager's global co-head of listed equities has left after eight years with the business. Neil Carter is leaving to pursue interest outside of funds management, an IFM spokesperson said. IFM, which is best known for its ...

Local investment firm to list in Canada

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... Registry will change from Automic to Odyssey. It will also change its asset allocation from the current 37% in listed equities, 9% in unlisted equities including pre-IPO, 9% in unlisted equities (blockchain) and 20% in cryptocurrency and digital assets. ...

Your super is safe with us: Silk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... fair market value in the current investment environment, the impact on returns has been much smaller than that of listed equities." Silk said investment performance in all of the fund's investment options will change in the weeks and months ahead, but ...