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| | | When the tide turns on an economic climate that cultivates negativity, a lot more investment will find its way to a basket of frontier markets currently overlooked by emerging market index providers. That's the view of Dr Slim Feriani, chief executive ... |
| | | | ... quarter. This, however, makes retirees more vulnerable to the economic impacts of weather events, and in the long run, climate change. Rents, medical and hospital services and tobacco also recorded rises for the June quarter 2012, price segments that ... |
| | | | Super funds need to be more informed on where and how to evaluate climate change related risk and return within a portfolio, according to a recent industry report. The report, conducted by Mercer is based on responses from asset owners and managers ... |
| | | | Political opposition to the carbon tax may be at record highs in Australia but for insurers climate change has for many years already been an economic and business risk they have had to plan for. "Since climate change could lead to losses on a scale ... |
| | | | ... investment risk for fund members. In a submission to the Senate Select Committee on New Taxes last year, ACSI said climate change posed severe future social and economic disruptions that would threaten the stability of financial markets worldwide. The ... |
| | | | ... user, Vale is leading the way in the industry by demonstrating not only their commitment to a cleaner world but to climate change and fuel price risk management. "We are looking forward to further developing our partnership with Vale in Brazil and internationally," ... |
| | | | ... legislation depending on their views. "We do not pretend to know how all the intended changes will play out in the political climate, but we do feel that it is important to empower our advisers with the ability to alter these 'tax settings' if they have ... |
| | | | ... have also got to assume that the government is going to want some runs on the board in light of the current political climate," said Maged Girgis, partner, Minter Ellison. Girgis said that the federal government, which will make the legislation voluntary ... |
| | | | ... quite a young concept," said Ambachtsheer. "But for an investor today, it doesn't really matter if you believe in climate change or not - you will be affected by both government and company actions." Mercer has been assigning ESG ratings to investment ... |
| | | | ... maintain contact with professionals in the field. "Communicating with our members is especially crucial in the current climate with so much industry reform and business change taking place. In the past few months, we've fully utilised all of the traditional ... |
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