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Asset Owners ready to pass on the pain to suppliers
Back in the mid 90’s, managing pension fund capital had to be a relatively peaceful job. They had billions of dollars under management but few customers or members seriously questioning how they did it and no true competitive market where customers walk if they don’t...
HELP SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE? APTITUDE FOR FINANCE? WE NEED YOUR HELP!
A unique opportunity to be part of the world’s only project for rating asset owners’ long-term climate risk management: AODP’s 2016 Global Climate Index.
YOUR PENSION IS DESTROYING THE PLANET
Australia’s economy depends on coal, & around 55% of your superannuation is invested in high-carbon, high-risk assets. Our political system looks incapable of dealing with climate change - but can we trust our financial institutions to do better? Dr John Hewson,...
Should the World’s Largest Institutional Investors Close Exxon?
What happens when engagement with oil companies hits a climate change reality check? Some ideas are so bizarre that they have to be taken seriously. I have attended several investment conferences where intelligent and experienced investment minds have turned their...
The Investment Landscape Is Changing
The landscape for asset owners around the world, particularly pension funds, is changing faster than at any other time in the industry’s history. Since AODP launched its first Global Climate Index in December 2012, civil society organisations have successfully...
Quick, Let’s Raid The Superfunds – They’ve Got Bags of Money
The growth of superannuation funds over recent years to become the largest pool of capital has made them a target for solving many of the country's problems or areas of under investment. The call to raid our retirement savings comes from an increasingly large number...