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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... index futures contract was down 15 points at 5,423. In Germany, the Ifo economic institute's closely watched business climate index fell to 103.2 points in October from 104.7 points in September. It's its lowest level in nearly two years. In local economic ...

Australian Ethical named best international equities fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... performance for our investors. "We strongly believe that the world will align priorities to combat the risks of climate change, which will present investors with some great opportunities. We are proud to have been recognised by our peers and this award ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... in carbon exposed industries, and less than 2% in low-carbon intensive industries. That is a 55:2 punt against climate change itself, or government action to tackle climate change, or technology, or some combination of those sorts of factors actually ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... events were the climax of a year in which many Australian investors put their money where their mouths were on climate change. AMP Capital, Hunter Hall, UCA Australia, UniSuper and HESTA all announced fossil fuel screening policies, while Simon Sheikh ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... affected from an investment perspective by a transition to a lower carbon economy as governments act to mitigate climate change. "Climate change is an unarguable scientific reality and one which poses a very real investment risk. Governments around the ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Tony Abbott calling on him to maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The call came from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a body which represents big institutional investors such as AMP Capital, AustralianSuper, Colonial First State ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... reform must continue." HESTA joined 347 other institutional investors in signing the 2014 Investor Statement on Climate Change. Among the signatories were AustralianSuper, Colonial First State, BT, UniSuper and Catholic Super. Catholic Super chief executive ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... joined a number of international investors backing Mercer's new study of the investment risks and returns under climate change scenarios. Mercer said the study would be "framed by several plausible climate scenarios with distinctive economic and market ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... statement, which was developed by a group of investor groups including the Australian and New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), said. "For example, while current investments in clean energy alone are approximately $250 billion per year ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Sheikh said Future Super stemmed from what he perceived as growing frustration with the government's inaction on climate change. "For the first time, Future Super provides Australians with the opportunity to take one of the most powerful actions in fighting ...