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Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The Future Fund ranked worst in managing climate change risk, along with three other top superannuation funds in Australia, an Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) global survey revealed. REST, Telstra Super, Super SA, Asgard and GESB also received ...

ACSI names new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... investor collaboration through her roles as chair of the PRI Australia Network and secretary of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). In 2013, she was listed in the Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence. ACSI has 31 Australian member ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... participants believed their stakeholders had ESG concerns. According to the report, the most common cited ESG issues were climate change, human rights abuses, child labour, controversial weapons (defined as "cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium ...

APAC asset managers to invest heavily in data

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... respondents saw data and analytics as a top strategic priority. This sentiment was largely driven by an unstable regulatory climate and the concern (reflected by 55% of participants) that their current data capabilities would not cope with predicted ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... be. (Apart from those extracting, producing, investing in and lending to oil companies and nations, that is). And oh, climate changers too. But this was exactly what I read this morning as the price of crude plunged again in overnight trade. The per ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... cover. Group insurance would then lose its main selling point: its low cost. Fossil fuel divestment and screening Climate change was squarely back on the global political agenda in 2014, with the US and China - the world's two biggest carbon dioxide ...

Australian Ethical backs NAB Climate Bond

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... at least $150 million for renewable energy facilities. Climate bonds - also known as green bonds - aim to tackle climate change by raising funds from fixed interest investors to support investment in environmentally friendly projects. Australian Ethical ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... with international Climate Bonds Standards, a benchmark to assist investors prioritise investments that finance climate change solutions. The climate bonds - or green bonds - are senior unsecured NAB corporate bonds, with proceeds ring-fenced for financing ...

Asset consultants urged to get savvy on carbon risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The investment risks associated with climate change will give asset consultants a major opportunity to differentiate themselves, but as yet very few are taking advantage of this opportunity, according to Impax Asset Management managing director Bruce ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... rising crude oil prices - except, that is, for the producers and the sellers of the slick black stuff... and of course, the climate changers. Cheap oil is good for the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. Just ask The Economist. According to ...