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VanEck readies new ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... companies that produce it and the technologies that drive it," Neiron said. "Investors are demanding action on climate change and increasingly they are demanding investment products that facilitate a lower carbon future. CLNE responds to this need."

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... for the profession and areas where they can contribute, recognising that young actuaries have strong interests in climate change, government and data analytics, alongside traditional work in superannuation and insurance." Commenting on his new role as ...

Woodside results vindicate divestment argument: Activists

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... continue, and possibly accelerate," Vincent said. "Why do super funds, especially those who claim to care about climate change, think their capital is secure with Woodside?" Market Forces has filed a resolution ahead of Woodside's annual general ...

BetaShares launches climate ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... a fund that will provide exposure to companies focused on climate and environmental challenges. The BetaShares Climate Change Innovation ETF (ERTH) will track an index that will cover clean and renewable energy, green transportation, water and waste ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... completely or significantly incorporate ESG issues in their analysis and investment decisions by the end of 2021. Climate change and ESG were cited as being top priorities for funds within APAC with climate change among the top trends respondents will ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... nation's recovery," she said. One notable trend from the research is that many assets owners are "turbo charging" climate change and accelerating to net-zero initiatives, leading to a paradigm shift in extending from the two-dimensional model of ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... divest fossil fuels and develop a climate action plan. Hostplus chief executive David Elia commented: "We recognise climate change as being a material financial risk, as well as an environmental and community one. We found through our discussions with ...

New corporate bond fund launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... institutional, wholesale and retail investors. Artesian portfolio manager David Gallagher said the fund tackles climate change, as well as aims to address the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "Whilst the fund is still in its infancy ...

Aussie super funds and Biden's US infra push

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... Lanes. Another opportunity lays in decarbonising the economy initiatives. This administration is serious about climate change, he said, which it sees as "existential threats". Some of Biden's first executive orders as soon as he came to power were ...

Super funds bow to divestment pressure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... revealed the number of companies Australia's largest super funds have rapidly divested amid pressure to invest with climate change in mind. Nine of the 40 largest super funds in Australia have now announced divestment from some of the worst carbon emitting ...