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Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... Biden's plan to lift the capital gains tax, there's the lingering surge in COVID-19 infections, and there's climate change. Take your pick. Bloomberg reports that: "President Joe Biden will propose almost doubling the capital gains tax rate ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... case was dismissed as Rest agreed to all of McVeigh's requests, including publicly acknowledging the threat that climate change poses both economically and socially.

Nuveen APAC lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... response to rising investor demand for carbon neutral portfolios, providing scalable, natural solutions to counter climate change through farmland investments.

WTW commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across its discretionary delegated investment portfolios by 2030. "Climate change, and a just transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, is a systemic and urgent global challenge," WTW global chief investment ...

Fidante signs on new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... month won a $240 million mandate from Cbus for the Impact Climate Strategy, which invests in companies providing climate change solutions. It currently also manages the BNP Paribas Environmental Equity Trust, based on Impax Leaders strategy which invests ...

Include ESG in BFID: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... increasing focus from financial regulators on the need for superannuation trustees to consider systemic risks of climate change," the submission reads. "It would be helpful for the scope of the duty to be clarified to ensure that long-term investment ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... attempt to provide investors with a unique solution to measure and integrate the financial risks associated with climate change and use their investments for an inclusive transition in line with the Paris Agreement." As a part of the strategy, Amundi ...

Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
Orders have been made in a case brought against the Commonwealth by a 23-year-old student over climate change risk as it relates to government bonds, as the government attempts to stop the class action. Katta O'Donnell is seeking to hold the Australian ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles ...

Pensions for Purpose eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... lead to a greater scale of investment in solutions to the environmental and social challenges we face, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and social and affordable housing."