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Putting a price tag on clean investing

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018

... Linnenluecke, who leads Macquarie University's Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, says market forces will drive the clean-energy momentum with investors, asset managers and representatives from pension funds motivated by the ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018

... impacts the investment value chain and requires an urgent response. Latest research from environment finance group Market Forces shows numerous ASX100 companies are failing to improve their climate risk disclosure requirements. It identified 73 "high ...

MLC, ANU boost alternatives strategies

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018

... for shorter time horizons and highly liquid assets, while hidden risks lurking behind macroeconomic and regulatory market forces makes it more challenging for institutions to balance short-term opportunities and long-term objectives, Natixis said.

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018

... Government Super has co-filed a shareholder resolution over QBE Insurance Group's failure to disclose the risks, with Market Forces co-ordinating the move. The resolution requests QBE report as per the recommendations of the global Task Force on Climate-Related ...

CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT | WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017

... investors about the risks climate change will have on its business." Research from financial services activist group Market Forces shows that since Commonwealth Bank first committed to support the goal of holding global warming to below two degrees ...

Environment to reshape real estate investment: LaSalle

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017

... not prevalent, sustainability standards in global real estate are changing due to evolving certification systems, market forces and governments recognising the need to involve the real estate sector in order to meet their climate change objectives," ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT | THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017

... has left them vulnerable to legal action according to a financial services activist group. Analysis provided by Market Forces, an affiliate project of environmental group Friends of the Earth, showed public disclosures of Australia's 100 largest superannuation ...

Technology and mergers threaten insurers

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017

... insurance industry is at a tipping point and up until now, insurers felt regulation would protect them from disruptive market forces, but that is no longer the case. "In the year ahead, we will see further consolidation. The insurers who prosper will ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT | WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017

... outweighs the ability of thermal coal companies to continue to create long-term value." Environmental finance group Market Forces has called on Australian super funds and asset managers to follow the move and divest from Australian coal companies. "Almost ...

NAB reduces fossil fuel exposure

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016

... keep global warming below the dangerous threshold of two degrees Celsius," the report said. Analysing the report, Market Forces executive director Julien Vincent noted that NAB is the only Australian bank to explicitly acknowledge the necessity of reducing ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA | 10:47AM

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI | 12:24PM

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI | 12:21PM

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:09PM

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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