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JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
JANA Investment Advisers may be forced to hand over key documents as part of Rest's ongoing legal battle with member Mark McVeigh. Final discovery orders were consented to by both Rest and McVeigh in late December last year. Documents created by ...

AllianceBernstein wins industry fund mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... core values of this strategy," he said. "Green MVE provides an opportunity for investors who want to lower the carbon footprint of their portfolio and invest in a more environmentally responsible way to do so, without risking their ability to still gain ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... separation, the use of technology, intelligent design of its offices and employee education. Projects to offset its carbon footprint include the purchase of a limited number of certified offsets, such as savanna burning projects that support Aboriginal ...

IFM Investors sets significant emissions targets

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Learmonth highlighted the enduring nature of infrastructure assets, and from that, the impact it has on Australia's carbon footprint. "These infrastructure assets will operate for generations, with the targeted emissions reductions having the potential ...

New fund to invest in low-carbon Aussie stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... characteristics. Portfolio manager James Harwood said: "Our decarbonisation strategy commits to reducing exposure to carbon footprint by 35% relative to the benchmark and 30% lower exposure to fossil fuel reserves." "In addition, we go beyond decarbonisation ...

HESTA commits $40m to impact investments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... which focuses on broadening HESTA's responsible investment capabilities and overseeing the fund's own carbon footprint. Mary Delahunty took on the position, having previously been general manager, business development and partnership engageme ...

HESTA revamps executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... created position focused on broadening HESTA's responsible investment capabilities and overseeing the fund's own carbon footprint. Finally, former Frontier Advisors principal consultant, quantitate research Alvin Tan will take on the role of general ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Investors measuring carbon risk in portfolios have a new tool to score carbon exposure across 30,000 funds globally. Introduction of the Morningstar portfolio Carbon Risk Score aims to move beyond carbon footprinting to provide an assessment of carbon ...

Super funds strengthen support for low carbon economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... wide-lens approach when constructing this fund in order to substantially reduce the portfolio's total exposure to carbon footprint and fossil fuel reserves and simultaneously avoid unintended consequences in terms of maintaining the integrity of the ...

Ethical investing fruitful for income investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... virtually no effect on the average payout ratio of each quintile, but has a dramatic effect on the quintile's carbon footprint." "This is proof that you can achieve a very attractive income while avoiding high carbon intensity stocks. For anybody who ...