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Cbus pledges net zero emissions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... emissions by 2030 and is aiming for net zero emissions by 2050 by removing high-risk climate holdings. Under Cbus' new Climate Change Roadmap, the fund will develop a stranded assets framework to reduce the risk for its members and ensuring a secure ...

IOOF posts profit, restructures business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... we have been able to demonstrate has been a really positive feature despite the negative impact of the current economic climate on the business." The wealth manager announced a final fully franked dividend of 11.5 cents per share at a 60% pay out rate. ...

Global fund manager enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... investing in companies committed to promoting gender diversity and women to leadership positions, as well as mitigating climate change and ecological damage. Having set up shop in March 2019, Promethos's assets under management has grown to about ...

Corporate climate risk disclosures must show more: IGCC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
Investors using companies' climate change risk disclosures to manage investment decisions and portfolio risk want more changes to understand how the risk information translates into action. The latest report by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... superannuation industry awaits the Retirement Income Review's final report) and greater action to mitigate climate change.

Bloomberg launches ESG ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... performance across a range of financially material, business-relevant and industry-specific key issues". These include climate change, health, and safety, with investors also able to assess a company's activities relative to their peers. The scores will ...

Future Super hires governance lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... team at Future Super." "After spending many years wondering how best I can personally help towards dealing with climate change and inequality, I've realised superannuation can be an incredibly impactful way to make a difference." He said Rhizome Advisory ...

Canadian pension fund pursues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... issues around the world, both through their choice of partners and investments and in advancing key themes, such as climate change and sustainable investment," he said. "I'm looking forward to working with CDPQ's local teams and to continue positioning ...

Invesco inks ESG plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... its ESG framework in line with the Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD) framework in its inaugural climate change report. The US$1 trillion fund manager signed the Statement of Support for the TCFD in March 2019, aiming to leverage it for ...

First State Super, CEFC back new bond

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... The Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies at Monash University. It seeks to use five possible climate change scenarios to identify companies likely to perform well in a world adapting to climate change. "Having the long-term support ...