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Impact investments the next wave for RI

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... 2016. "So far, more than 500 institutions have divested representing close to US$3.4 trillion," the AXA IM report said. "Coal divestment as a strategy to combat climate change is sometimes criticised; requesting companies that are pure coal players without ...

Global divesting institutions reach 500

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
Institutions fully or partially divesting from coal and fossil fuels have reached 500, as the argument for divestment gains momentum. The campaign Go Fossil Free, coordinated by non-governmental organisation 350.org has gathered support from 499 global ...

No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
Superannuation lobby groups have failed to convince a parliamentary inquiry that the Tax Expenditures Statement misrepresents the cost of superannuation subsidies. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue has just issued its ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... administer the whole thing." This is why Vaoufakis argued that "The EU was a cartel. Its first name was European Community of Coal and Steel. Its bureaucracy was not designed as a government; it was not designed to equilibrate the difference between ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... that can accelerate to the major economic blocs," he said. "Logically taking it one step further, the valuation of gas and coal extractive companies may well be overvalued. And if there's a risk of over valuation then there's a strong rationale for investors ...

Australian Ethical joins animal welfare initiative

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... investment industry is also beginning to see this as a risk management issue as well. "Recent divestment campaigns around coal prove that the Australian public takes an interest in where their money goes, and if they consider it to be funding an unethical ...

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
US pension fund giant CalPERS and CalSTRS must divest their positions in coal companies after a new bill was signed into law in California last week. California governor Edmund Brown announced the signing of the bill on his website. The move is in line ...

Medical risk leader joins Bombora

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... will be the outcome of Bombora's working groups contributing ideas and concepts to manufacturers that are drawn from the 'coal face' and personal interaction to address the protection requirements of Australian consumers." Bombora managing director Wayne ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... reported tumbling profits in oil and gas (down by 67.3% in the first eight months of 2015 from the same period last year); coal mining (down 64.9%) and ferrous metal smelting (down 51.6%). Looks like China's "competitive devaluation" has blown up in ...

Super funds under growing global pressure to divest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... director Charlie Wood said. But over the last year the global divestment movement has gained momentum on the back of falling coal prices and the effects of climate change being felt all over the world. A global report by Arabella Advisors quoted by the ...