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Redpoint wins $50m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... manufacture of controversial weapons, production of alcohol and tobacco, gambling operation or manufacture and extraction of carbon intensive fossil fuels. Redpoint fund manager partner GSFM's chief executive Damien McIntyre said the ongoing economic ...

Magellan launches funds on Chi-X

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... fund aims to bring investors a high conviction, global equity portfolio of high-quality companies with meaningfully lower carbon factor risk than global markets. Magellan chief executive Brett Cairns said the core series has been under development for ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... that includes about Â¥40 trillion (US$384.47 billion) in direct fiscal spending and initiatives targeted at reducing carbon emissions and boosting adoption of digital technology. This new spending brings Japan's total pandemic-related stimulus ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... Aladdin going forward. Other companies are also attempting to solve this data issue. For example, MSCI acquired start-up Carbon Delta in 2019, which has developed the MSCI Climate Value-at-Risk measure. The rating uses a database of company facilities ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australian oil and gas company Santos' carbon reduction plan has been heavily criticised, with critics pointing out many super funds invested in the company have made declarations on climate change that don't match their actions. According to ...

Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Aviva Investors has launched a climate-change related fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Australia's second largest super fund has managed to reduce the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 40%. The $130 billion industry fund (formerly First State Super) has created a series of new listed equities benchmarks that will support the ...

AustralianSuper hires for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... positions at Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and Societe Generale. Last week, AustralianSuper promised to go net-zero in carbon emissions by 2050 to mitigate against the risk of climate change on its portfolio's long-term performance. Activist group ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
AustralianSuper's promise to go net-zero in carbon emissions by 2050 fails to "match, let alone improve on" what its peer funds are doing, says MarketForces. Last Thursday, AustralianSuper said it would target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... ownership more steadily, aiming to have actual impacts by reporting on the impacts of their investment strategies and reducing carbon emissions from portfolios. Thinking Ahead Institute co-founder Roger Urwin said the larger funds within the AO100 are ...