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First Sentier hires to new ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... firm's range of ethical and ESG superannuation funds. Le Mesurier has led and supported global engagements on climate change and modern slavery including the Woodside engagement for Climate Action 100+. The appointment is a "significant addition ...

Firetrail global opportunities fund hits ASX

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... companies based on UN sustainable development goal (SDG) themes, such as health and wellbeing, innovation and equality, climate impact and a sustainable world. Companies in the portfolio include Archer Daniels Midland, Carrier and Weyerhaeuser (to name ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... debt-servicing challenges and threats from outside the financial system, including cyber-attacks, geopolitical tensions, and climate change as the leading risks to financial stability. Should financial conditions tighten further, a disorderly decline ...

Aware Super appoints new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... experience demonstrating the long-term value creation that can be achieved through a commitment to policies such as positive climate action, and equality, diversity, and inclusion." Mostyn is currently president of Chief Executive Women, chair of Ausfilm ...

BNP Paribas names APAC head of stewardship

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... Singapore chief executive. Prior to joining BNPP AM, Ho was director of investor practice at the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) where she spearheaded global initiatives including the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, the Paris-Aligned ...

Ethical ETF popularity soars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... conscious of their role as stewards of the planet, and in Australia, we saw a significant change of perception around climate change after the bushfires in 2019. People who had not previously thought of climate change became more aware, more concerned ...

Cbus expands investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
... expanding equities manager research program. Weickart will also continue to be the portfolio manager of Cbus' climate change portfolio, the fund added. As a result of Weickart's promotion, Myooran Mahalingam has been appointed senior portfolio ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... generate more than 10% of revenue from the extraction and production of thermal coal. UniSuper has issued its fifth annual climate risk report, detailing the $108 billion super fund's progress towards its net zero 2050 target and activities around ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... number of listed companies the fund owns directly. The NZ$57 billion fund began to roll over its indices to the MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned Index in June, with the new benchmark taking effect ...

Crescent Wealth invests in water rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... value per megalitre of water," he said. "We are also seeing some pretty clear long-term trends playing out around climate change with lower rainfall patterns and higher temperatures which are relatively supportive of water values going forward." The ...