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Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
However it's measured, economic growth has rebounded in the Land of the Rising Sun from the depths of the huge contraction recorded in the June 2020 quarter. Japanese GDP surged at an annualised rate of 22.9% in the September quarter (from a 29.2% ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... allocation or divestment. Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Cbus and CareSuper have all made commitments to have net-zero carbon emission portfolios by 2050. On December 1, Santos made the bold announcement that it would net-zero by 2040. The company's ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Australia's second largest super fund has managed to reduce the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 40%. The $130 billion industry fund (formerly First State Super) has created a series of new listed equities benchmarks that will support the ...

AustralianSuper hires for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
The $188 billion superannuation fund has appointed a new deputy head of equities, and three investment directors for its London team. Former VFMC chief investment officer Justin Pascoe, who joined AustralianSuper mid-2019 as a senior portfolio manager ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
AustralianSuper's promise to go net-zero in carbon emissions by 2050 fails to "match, let alone improve on" what its peer funds are doing, says MarketForces. Last Thursday, AustralianSuper said it would target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The largest asset owners in the world have increased both their monetary and social reach with active ownership becoming a key investment strategy, according to new research. The Thinking Ahead Institute's Asset Owner 100 (AO100) report shows the largest ...

Climate change reporting is cheap talk: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
New research suggests that many companies engage in "cheap talk" and are ultimately greenwashing as a result of reporting poor quality emissions data. The University of Augsberg research paper, co-authored by Research Affiliates' Vitali Kalesnik ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
AustralianSuper is pledging to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in its investment portfolios and ramping up its commitment to renewables. Following a board meeting in October, the super fund decided it was in members' best interest that it positions ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Federal Court case brought by Mark McVeigh against the $57 billion industry super fund has been dismissed. The case was scheduled to be heard today but Justice Perram ordered that by consent the case was to be dismissed. McVeigh and Rest have been ...

IFM jumps on net zero bandwagon

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
IFM Investors has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions across its asset classes, targeting net zero by 2050. IFM said the move is an extension of action already being taken by its infrastructure assets to reduce emissions through investment ...