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Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Close to 5000 European funds being marketed as ESG hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Close to 5000 funds being marketed as ESG in Europe hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Analysing ...

Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... mega-cap companies initiating or increasing dividend payouts. "Notable regular dividend payers, including Microsoft and Exxon Mobil, increased their DPS in 2024, while businesses like Broadcom used strong earnings to pay substantial dividend increases," ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... total real estate returns were -14%. By sector, only energy saw a positive return, it said. Its investments here include Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Novo Nordisk, and Shell. From a regional perspective, its biggest hits were felt in the US, losing $63 billion ...

Global equities to grow in 2023: Plato

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... "Strong balance sheets, driven by the commodity rally, enabled increased payouts from businesses including Shell, BP plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. We think this strength can continue into 2023 with energy prices likely to remain elevated," he said. Pennell ...

FM Global appoints APAC executives

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... sales, and underwriting within the US, UK and Australia. Before that, Thompson was an environmental project engineer for an Exxon Mobil joint venture. He succeeds Ziad Alex S. Tadmoury who has been recruited as senior vice president, AFM division manager ...

Pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... years, equivalent to $1 billion every two days. Five of the largest energy companies in the world (BP, Shell, TotalEnergies, Exxon and Chevron) are together making $2600 profit every second, and there are now 62 new food billionaires. Oxfam is calling ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... decision and went on a Twitter tirade. "SPG Global Ratings has lost their integrity," one tweet read. Musk also tweeted: "Exxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social & governance (ESG) by S&P 500, while Tesla didn't make the list! ESG ...

Link Group hires general manager for transformation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
Link Group appointed a general manager of services and transformation for its retirement and superannuation division. Jane Morwick takes on the new role at the ASX-listed firm, responsible for delivering retirement and superannuation solutions for Link's ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... investments in five energy companies that are not working towards a low carbon economy. Nest and UBS AM have sold shares in Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil, Kepco, Marathon Oil and Power Assets because of their lack of progress in managing climate change risk. ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... the markets have begun responding. Reid pointed to a renewables company that has grown to the same size as the shrinking Exxon Mobil. "It's this environment that's giving governments and companies and investors the confidence to make these policy ...
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