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NGS Super bolsters investment team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... made two new hires to strengthen its capabilities in international and Australian equities, as the fund works toward a carbon-neutral investment portfolio by 2030. Susan Ding has been appointed as a senior manager of international shares, responsible ...

Mining vital to low carbon solutions: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... technologies and infrastructure is aplenty, the social and environmental impacts associated with transitioning to a low carbon world are less scrutinised. "The deployment of renewable energy technology and infrastructure, as well as the electrification ...

US Senate passes $1tn Inflation Reduction Act

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... payment on deficit reduction to fight inflation, the Bill aims to lower energy costs, increase cleaner production and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40% by 2030. The Bill also allows Medicare to negotiate for prescription drug prices and extends ...

Value investing a likely winner: Maple-Brown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... danger." Investigating common assertions that Insync believes stir up worry and pessimism, the fund manager refuted that carbon energy prices will keep rising and that elevated supply chain costs will be protracted. Specifically, Insync said that net ...

NGS Super divests oil, gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... Woodside and Santos. The divestment is in line with the fund's announced target of a 35% reduction of Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 2025 within the Diversified MySuper portfolio. The fund has restrictions on holding companies that generate ...

FSC guidance looks to eliminate greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... challenge of climate change seriously, along with its role in allocating capital to facilitate the transition to a low carbon economy." "The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero estimates US$4.5 trillion a year from 2026 is required to transition ...

VanEck hires five to team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... beat the market as an alternative to actively managed funds." Neiron also teased the impending launch of Australia's first carbon credits ETF later in the year. "Investors too will be demanding their investments work harder to create and preserve wealth," ...

V-Square launches Australian ESG index strategy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... extended its offering to Australian asset owners with the launch of the V-Square MSCI Global Equity ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Indexed Strategy. The strategy tracks the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ex-Australia ESG Materiality and Carbon ...

Net zero commitments in ASX200 companies doubles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... sector relevant targets," it said. In addition to those with a net zero commitment, ACSI found 55 companies were already carbon neutral or had set carbon neutrality targets which is up from 18 last year. In the materials, energy and utilities, industrials ...

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... managed by Ellerston Capital will invest solely in companies that afford consumers technology and services which help reduce carbon emissions. A joint statement by Qantas Super and CEFC said sustainability will be the core of the Ellerston 2050 Fund's ...