climate change

Funds management

Australian Ethical’s funds under management grew by 43% to $3.9 billion as the firm feels the benefit of a shift in attitudes towards responsible investing....

Superannuation

Switching superannuation to a green option could halve the carbon footprint of Australia’s households, according to Australian Ethical....

Superannuation

The ethical super fund wants to use its carbon reporting strategy as the industry standard of measuring business carbon emissions....

Superannuation

Almost 80% of environmental, social, and governance investors intend to invest based on environmental factors over the next year, according to Australian Ethical and Inve...

Institutional investment

Of the 12 companies pledged in the Climate Action 100+ agreement, none have aligned their capital expenditure with the Paris Agreement – a wake-up call for the engagement...

Institutional investment

Many institutional investors believe they are a lot more advanced than they actually are when it comes to tackling risks from systemic trends like climate change, accordi...

Institutional investment

The mandate with Impax Asset Management will focus on climate mitigation and adaption to help Cbus reach its goal of net zero emissions in its portfolios by 2050....

Institutional investment

The 2050 target is misaligned with the timeframes the scientific community has given in relation to human-induced climate change, the industry superannuation fund believe...

Superannuation

The Your Future Your Super reforms shift a reference portfolio from “being usefully operational to being detrimentally behavioural”, the Thinking Ahead Institute believes...

Institutional investment

The new listed equities benchmarks excludes the highest carbon emitters locally and globally but exclusion does not necessarily mean that it is permanent....

Superannuation

While setting goals is important, superannuation funds actually need specific actions on how they are going to tackle climate change, according to Aware Super....

Superannuation

While the new policy targets net zero carbon emissions by 2050 there is nothing to stop the fund from reducing climate impacts of its portfolio in the short-term, accordi...

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

11 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

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Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

11 months 1 week ago

Jim Chalmers has defended changes to the Future Fund’s mandate, referring to himself as a “big supporter” of the sovereign wealth fund, amid fierce opposition from the Co...

22 hours ago

Demand from institutional investors was the main driver of growth in Australia’s responsible investment (RI) market in 2023, as the industry continued to gain momentum....

22 hours 51 minutes ago

In a new review of the country’s largest fund, a research house says it’s well placed to deliver attractive returns despite challenges....

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