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Sustainability already impacting investments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... trends including demographic changes such as ageing populations, immigration, changing landscapes, land use, changing climate, major infrastructure demands and new consumer powers are changing the dynamic of wealth and consumption. "These all have major ...

US S&P president replaced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies thanked Sharma for his work during a difficult economic climate of the GFC. "Today, S&P is a stronger company, whose 1,300 global analysts are sharply focused on the quality, independence ...

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." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... million of Treasury Notes maturing on September 9 2011. In equities news, Virgin head Sir Richard Branson opens the Creating Climate Wealth Summit, and Navitas Ltd managing director Rod Jones addresses an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon ...

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 ...