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Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... change...These funds and the individuals that control them are critical to the economy's fast and orderly transition under the Paris Agreement," Barnden said. On its website, Rest states that prudent investing involves looking at all the factors that ...

New S&P indices factor in future carbon price risks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... ('IEA') believes are required to restrict global warming to a two degree Celsius increase by the year 2100 as per the 2015 Paris Agreement at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in December 2015 ('COP21')," the index provider ...

Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... renewable energies, the country is also far from being on track to reach the 2030 targets for greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. "We hope this important piece of legislation will move quickly through the Seanad and be enacted before ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... companies' progress by 2023. It wants the bodies to pull money out of any companies that fail to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement. CCLA Investment Management manages investments on behalf of the almost 500-year old church, as well as other religious ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... the current $2.6 trillion asset pool. This indicates a "clear and increasingly low-cost pathway for Australia to meet its Paris commitments, particularly when compared to the decarbonisation challenges in other sectors of the Australian economy," the ...

Natixis unveils ESG global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... manager with investments in equities, infrastructure, green bonds, natural capital strategies and social impact investing. Paris-based Mirova's investment team tests companies' ESG credentials but doesn't overlook business models, strength of the management ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... companies and found less than half see climate change as a material business risk. Less than two-thirds acknowledged the Paris Agreement or the need to decarbonise the economy; while 60% do not have an emissions reduction target. The lack of improvement ...

Is climate change a risk to retirement savings?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... hit with increasing claims related to extreme weather. Fossil fuel companies could lose value as the world implements the Paris Agreement on climate change to keep to below 2A,C. Energy companies that do not make a timely low-carbon transition risk being ...

Global asset manager rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... on real assets, while bolstering its equity investment expertise around thematic, small and mid-caps, and emerging funds. Paris-based Ostrum chief executive Matthieu Duncan said: "Our new brand name Ostrum Asset Management highlights our experience in ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... "campaign promises to fulfil" list. He's already made good on withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, cancelling the Paris climate agreement, renegotiated NAFTA, and more recently, moved the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, among others. ...