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Carbon-tilted indices planned for Aust

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... new carbon-tilted indices early next year which use an overweighting/underweighting strategy based on exposure to climate change risk as used in UK markets. David Harris, director of Responsible Investment, FTSE Group, told Financial Standard of the ...

ASFA: Focus on the positives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... the super pool of savings, and trying to enhance public policy in investment areas including infrastructure and climate change. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos also spoke of the need for the industry to address groups it isn't currently engaging with ...

Tributes flow for governance visionary

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... shortened lifetime far more than most would in several lifetimes," said Steve Gibbs, director, Investor Group on Climate Change. "Erik Mather was one of the first people in the Australian Superannuation and Investment industry to realise that Environment ...

Super funds hit back at anti-carbon tax groups

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... carbon tax, with concerns it's misleading the public and threatening a shareholder resolution. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), responsible for investments totalling $600 billion, said its shareholders, which include AustralianSuper, HESTA ...

Time for super to step up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... hundreds of billion of dollars in investment flows particularly if it reinforces constructive initiatives regarding climate change, corporate disclosure, nation building and rebalancing the financial services market. He said if Australia can marshal ...

Trade union boss pushes for SG raise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... financial monsters, broaden investment horizons and "use our power to push for change, like on affordable housing and climate change". "I am concerned that there is more focus on putting a sixpence in our pockets rather than building a better society." ...

Ascalon fund cashes in on low carbon world

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... said the fund would give long-term Australian investors exposure to the fast expansion of energy consumption and climate change-related policies and regulation, as economies worldwide begin to alter their regulations to factor in 'greener' regulations. ...

AustralianSuper creates governance role

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... super behemoth to position itself in ESG. In April, AustralianSuper hired a consultant to analyse the impact of climate change on all its investment portfolios. In the last three months, the fund has shifted its parameters and expanded the organisation ...

Catholic Super positions itself for coming investment shifts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... of those risk and return issues." Guyatt was project manager and primary researcher for Mercer's 121-page report Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation which found that climate policies could contribute as much as 10 per ...

Super funds fail green assessment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... at a time when climate-related risks are a hot issue. In a report released yesterday, Global Investor Survey on Climate Change, the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) and the Australia/New ...