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FTSE Russell launches "green revenue" model

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... capital towards companies walking the talk in terms of green products, goods and services. "The long term success of the Paris climate agreement will hinge on the greening of trillions of dollars of investment over the coming years and decades. Initiatives ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... with this resolution, and we encourage other companies to reshape their strategy within the two degree targets set by the Paris agreement." The resolution, co-filed by CalPERS and a coalition of asset owners assembled by CCLA Investment Management, focuses ...

Global institutions join sustainable investment group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... last year's ratification of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the historic climate agreement in Paris. It aims to promote the SDG objectives, including acting on climate change and advancing access to clean energy and water. ...

VicSuper creates climate change committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... change by signing the Investor Statement on Climate Change and writing to the G7 finance ministers in the lead up to the Paris conference on climate change. "Following the Paris climate conference, we provided our board with an update on likely climate ...

Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... are in use at US universities including Cornell and Stanford. The firm has run events and workshops in the US, London, and Paris over the past year and is now bringing its offering to Australia. As part of the fund's launch a series of outreach events ...

Standard Life Investments appoints ESG head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... Investments' engagement with companies until he retires on 31 March 2016. Standard Life Investments chief investment officer Rod Paris said: "We are delighted to appoint Euan Stirling as head of stewardship and ESG investment. It is testament to the ...

Investor group welcomes carbon disclosure inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... Cross Station, which services six London underground lines, and St Pancras Station, from where Eurostar services connect to Paris and Brussels. The development, with 50 new and refurbished buildings, will have 10.5 hectares of public space including ...

Custodian appoints new APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... latest appointment, BenoA(R)t was global head of finance, legal and ALM Treasury for BNP Paribas Securities Services based in Paris. He joined BNP Paribas Securities Services in 2002 after spending eight years in the banking department of PWC, including ...

Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015