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UniSuper on climate chopping block

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... our investments report outlined that the fund encourages the companies it is invested in to meet the expectations of the Paris Agreement. "We believe climate change and the transition to a low carbon economy will pose investment-related risks, which ...

LGIAsuper offloads European assets

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
The European real estate manager for LGIAsuper has sold-off two of its property assets in Paris and Copenhagen, raking in a nice $36.5 million for the Queensland-based super fund. Europa Capital sold its Semaphore investment, an office building west ...

UK pension fund expands offering, climate risk policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... for Nest, having also announced it is testing ways to support an ambitious 1.5C climate goal - going further than the UN's Paris Accord agreement to limit global warming to 2C. Nest already uses its Climate Aware Fund tool to increase investments in ...

Market Forces takes aim at big banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... saying NAB will face a shareholder resolution calling on it to disclose targets and strategy in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. "Every day counts when it comes to getting to grips with the climate crisis," said Market Forces ...

NAB accused of greenwashing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... the thermal coal exit, we need to recognise that NAB's position on climate change is consistent with the failure of the Paris Agreement, and an invitation to runaway global warming" said Market Forces Executive Director Julien Vincent. "By signalling ...

HSBC GAM names new investment chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... Radovic is responsible for leading HSBC GAM's global credit research platform and was previously head of credit research in Paris.

Global fintech appoints head of Asia

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... Abou-Haidar had worked at Finastra since 2016 as managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to Finastra, he worked at Paris-headquartered Murex as its head of business development for Asia, and at Moody's as head of software sales and presales ...

IFM Investors sets significant emissions targets

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... annual progress reporting." "This exciting initiative represents a genuine commitment and start to aligning our assets to the Paris Agreement, and it makes perfect business sense by reducing costs, mitigating future business risks and contributing to ...

Suncorp responds to shareholder resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... and progress to achieve the targets set. Market Forces said Suncorp's targets should be consistent with the goal of the Paris Agreement to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase from global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial level. ...

Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... Responsible Investment Policy, and Responsible Banking & Insurance Policy which align the business practices with the 2015 Paris Agreement. "Suncorp's exposure to the fossil fuels industry is not material, being less than 0.5% in the insurance business ...