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FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Rest climate case dismissed Super funds spent 2020 falling over themselves to prove their dedication to fighting climate change. Fund after fund pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. In the background of that, the industry was keenly watching ...

Magellan launches funds on Chi-X

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... said. "Importantly, the Magellan Sustainable Fund applies a thoughtful and proprietary approach to ESG including climate change risk and leveraged our existing research and investment expertise." The intention to launch the new Core funds was announced ...

Rest develops ethical option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... members as it looks to launch an ethical investment option, following its recent legal stoush with a member over climate change. In the wake of its settlement with member Mark McVeigh, Rest is seeking feedback from members as to what they feel a socially ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... Sustainalytics, Refinitiv and Rhodium. Aladdin Climate also launched recently, it will assess the environmental risks that climate change poses to asset classes and investment portfolios. BlackRock said it wants ESG to be "at the heart" of Aladdin going ...

Qualitas readies new fund with GURNER

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... the past two years however I had always maintained that the sector didn't stack up given the market conditions and tax climate at the time; land taxes were prohibitive and the investor market had typically generated too much stock for build-to-rent to ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... 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 Rainmaker analysis, as of 30 September 2020, Aware Super had $93 million ...

Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... annum on a rolling three-year basis, and is managed by portfolio manager Jaime Ramos Martin in partnership with climate change specialist Rick Stathers. "Mitigating and adapting to climate change is the most critical long-term economic challenge that ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... own ESG reporting. "How companies identify and address issues such as diversity and inclusion, human capital, and climate change can significantly contribute to value creation or erosion," the statement reads. "Companies have an obligation to disclose ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... means we can help safeguard our members' funds from the risks associated with holding assets that contribute to climate change, including those with the potential to become stranded assets."

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Investment Association Australasia, the Australian Banking Association, the Insurance Council or the Investor Group on Climate Change, but will be informed by those groups, he added. "The intention is to establish that permanently, constituted with a ...