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UK pension fund expands offering, climate risk policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... Authority to operate as an Occupational Pension Scheme. It is also intensifying efforts to tackle the risks posed by climate change. Nest Invest, the investment subsidiary of pension fund Nest, has received authorisation from the FCA to operate an Occupational ...

JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... manager of investments that evidence consideration of JANA building a capability to stress test portfolios for climate change risk in 2019 will have to be handed over. Stress testing, assessing the potential impact of scenarios on a portfolio, is just ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... Estate did note that the 2019-2020 budget reduced funding to National Parks, the Bureau of Meteorology and the Climate Change Authority," it said. Fast forward to 2020 and this year's surplus is looking a lot like... it won't happen (again). ...

Market Forces takes aim at big banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... shareholder resolution calling on it to disclose targets and strategy in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. "Every day counts when it comes to getting to grips with the climate crisis," said Market Forces executive director ...

Pendal appoints impact investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... Sustainable Development Goals, which requires $5-7 trillion in investments annually to address global challenges like climate change and poverty by 2030. "The impact investment market is currently worth over half a trillion US dollars and there is an ...

Super funds snap up local renewable asset

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... Sustainable Development Goals form part of our focus and this investment aligns with the goal of driving action to combat climate change and its impacts." First State Super chief investment officer Damian Graham said the investment built on the fund's ...

Rest climate risk case goes to trial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... trial has been scheduled for the landmark case brought against Rest by member Mark McVeigh. The case, related to climate change risks, will have its day in court with a three-day trial scheduled for the week commencing 20 July 2020. The parties will ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... measures are needed, and three want government "structural reform", including measures to help the economy deal with climate change and remove red tape." "The 13 represent ten universities in five states. Among them are macroeconomists, economic modellers ...

Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... an investor initiative which aims to ensure the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take action on climate change.

Insto investors confused by environmental equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... said, assess environmental equities as a satellite to global equities. "Pension funds are now having to address climate change risk, and that's another nudge to get them thinking about where it fits in," Jenkyn-Jones explained. "There are examples around ...