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Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... "stranglehold" the mining industry has over Australia's political system presents challenges from a local perspective: "When the ANU announced it was divesting $16 million from mining stocks - it wasn't a huge amount, but the negative reaction we saw ...

Divestment more political than financial: PWC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... these types of strategies to date has been political rather than financial," they wrote. PWC highlighted the example of the ANU Investment Fund divestment that occurred in October last year when only $16 million was divested from seven stocks. "But it ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... fund to divest $16 million away from fossil fuels unleashed a political storm and a relentless media campaign even though the ANU fund only divested about 1% of its portfolio and was only doing what many larger Australian pension were already doing. ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... "stupid" decision. The Australian Financial Review gave the issue particular prominence, taking a heavily critical stance on the ANU's action. Liberal Party grandees Malcolm Fraser and John Hewson, however, supported the ANU's right to divest. Why the ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... to appear in The Australian Financial Review on Friday. It is a response to criticism from companies and politicians of the ANU's decision to divest from seven resources companies. The statement reads: "We are investors and business people who have never ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... cabinet these days on the issue of climate change, which I find offensive and bizarre." Hewson's comments come the day after ANU Vice Chancellor Ian Young wrote an article in the Canberra Times defending the decision to divest from seven resources companies ...

ANU divests seven companies, seeks equities manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
The Australian National University (ANU) has announced it will divest its holdings in seven mining companies, following a review of its domestic equity investments. The university also announced it plans to outsource its domestic equity investment management ...

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
The Investment Office of the Australian National University (ANU) has enlisted the services of research group CAER to research and rate the companies in which invests according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The announcement ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... plan then Franc's life would likely be unrecognisable. Majoring in political science at the Australian National University (ANU), Franc initially had ambitions to work in foreign affairs with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... into older ages. We need flexibility for these people," he said. Andrew Leigh, the shadow assistant treasurer and a former ANU economist, added that while raising the pension age for healthier high income people in the services industry is fine, it's ...