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Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Climate change is a growing concern for the majority of investors polled in Financial Standard's latest survey. Despite investors' worry, Australia's top companies are failing to improve climate risk disclosures. Seventy-one per cent of respondents ...

Tariff exemption a sigh of relief: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... anti-dumping actions outside of those sanctioned by the World Trade Organisation." In this week's poll, we ask: Does climate change pose as a significant risk to your investments?

Is climate change a risk to retirement savings?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... British parliament what steps are being taken to safeguard $977 billion of retirement money from the impact of climate change. The Environmental Audit Committee's inquiry into "green finance" wants to know if pension funds have devised investment strategies ...

Acadian talks big data 2.0, launches A-shares strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... Acadian launch its Emerging Market Fossil Fuel Free equity strategy in January 2017. Mehta adds that addressing climate change risk in emerging markets is no easy task. "One of the core theses as a quant manager is we get value from breadth. When you ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... Hartnett said the industry fund is a long-time supporter of transparency and disclosure by companies and investors. "Climate change-related risks present very significant investment issues for the insurance industry, and these have been felt by QBE in ...

Infrastructure investment needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... Burke said infrastructure networks and systems around the globe are under considerable strain. "Amid urbanisation, climate change and the dizzying pace of technological advances, just narrowing the gap that exists is no longer a sufficient goal. What's ...

French giant intensifies action on global warming

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... challenges we face: access to drinking water; an agricultural model that can feed all; or managing migration caused by climate change. And we must meet these challenges without denying developing countries the right to deliver economic prosperity to ...

BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... new product follows the launch of the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leader ETF (ETHI). Investing in 100 global climate change leaders across developed markets, excluding Australia, the ETHI only invests in companies that are more than 60% more carbon ...

Deutsche AM maps impact of climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... Deutsche said the new map provides credible insight into the vulnerability of corporate production and retail sites to climate change as factors such as sea level rise, droughts, flooding and cyclones pose an immediate and measurable threat to investment ...

Shareholders need greater voice on ESG: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... permitted, we have seen shareholders use them to improve company disclosure on risks associated with sustainability, climate change and labour and human rights," she said. ACSI commissioned a research report to examine the current framework and develop ...