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Industry fund doubles down on fee cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... cost sustainable balanced product - have been cut from $238 to $223 on a $50,000 balance. Vision Personal's low cost, low carbon Sustainable balanced option was the winner of Financial Standard sister publication Money magazine's 'Best of the best' award ...

Moody's adds to CreditView platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... and tools such as Credit Opinions, Environmental and Social Sector Risk Heat Maps, Corporate Governance Assessments, and Carbon Transition Assessments that provide increased transparency of how ESG and climate considerations impact credit. "The expansion ...

IFM, Trafigura launch renewable investment company

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... Trafigura and "tacking the energy transition together". "This joint venture is an important step in our strategy to reduce the carbon impact of our investments," he said. Fifteen people were currently being recruited to manage the investment company ...

Robeco extends exclusions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Verberk said. "Our move to exclude investments in fossil fuels from our funds is a further step in our efforts to lower the carbon footprint of our investments, transitioning to a lower carbon economy. "As global leader in sustainable investing we are ...

AMP Capital sells clean energy company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Norwegian energy infrastructure markets; improving Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) scores and reducing carbon footprint per sold megawatt hour by 20%; as well as strengthening of the management team and board. Martin Lennon, head ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... "virtue signalling" with little substance. UniSuper announced this week it is committed to achieving net zero absolute carbon emissions in its investment portfolio by 2050, a move the fund says is in align with the Paris Agreement. The $83 billion fund ...

UK pensions to factor in climate change risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... the long-term financial risks and they are also in the ideal position to benefit from that change to a sustainable, low-carbon economy." Coffey said that any pension scheme that has not yet designed or implemented a plan for transition is risking its ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Manus Island at the time, but divested that holding in 2015. This comes after the fund announced it would reduce absolute carbon emissions from its investment portfolios by 33% by 2030, and will transition to zero carbon emissions by 2050. "Across our ...

Cbus pledges net zero emissions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... financial institution to join the United Nations Convened Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance. The fund said by identifying the carbon emissions of companies and assets it holds, it will be able to reduce emissions in the real economy and avoid assets that ...

HESTA partners for global equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... years to come," HESTA general manager, growth Steven Semczyszyn said. Partnering will also assist HESTA in achieving its carbon emission targets, he added. Also commenting, Martin Currie co-head of global distribution Kimon Kouryialas said the fund manager ...