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Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... fund assets in sustainable investments surged 23% in 2019, as Aussie investors wake up to the "critical threat" of climate change. Singapore based research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates found that the sector recorded $1.2 billion in inflows ...

Academics protest UniSuper investments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... leading scientists, academics and researchers, yet it is directly undermining our work and our future by driving climate change through its continued funding of fossil fuels," ANU Research Fellow Florian Busch said. Edith Cowan University lecturer Lucy ...

Shape up on climate change risk: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
In a letter to all entities it regulates, APRA has said the effects of climate change are being transmitted directly as well as indirectly. APRA will develop a climate change financial risk prudential practice guide, which it says will not be intended ...

Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The multi-asset manager has warned of the effects of climate change on investor's portfolios, urging them to assess a company's "carbon footpath" over eliminating polluters altogether. AXA Investment Managers found that listed companies are responsible ...

APRA introduces annual stress-testing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... Lonsdale said. "APRA also plans to test resilience to broader scenarios, including the impacts from operational and climate change financial risks." The scope of the assessment covered the ADIs' most recent enterprise-wide stress tests (EWSTs) and the ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... Financial Partners, agrees. "The biggest implication of this is that we've got a lot of clients with a stance on climate change and some of them have taken issue with investing in a market that is predominantly banking and resources. A growing local ...

VicSuper PM jumps for industry fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... VicSuper and wish her all the best in her new role." Prior to her role at VicSuper, Farrant worked as a director of climate change and sustainability services at EY. She also held several senior roles with sustainability consultant Net Balance Management ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... spotlight." Melville said she expects to see the allocation of capital grow in importance, especially with respect to climate change. "The funds that can integrate these issues into their beliefs framework, leverage tools to build portfolios that incorporate ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... those unskilled jobs where we have had a lot of extra supply." Rounding off her talk, Wood said she hopes to see climate change considered by the government as a long-term economic risk. "Quite frankly, the government, by not looking at climate change ...

Climate risk should be integral to business: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
Companies increasingly need to understand climate change risks affecting their businesses if they wish to remain competitive, according to the Governance Institute of Australia. Governance Institute chief executive Megan Motto said it found that nine ...