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Cost of emissions abatement takes pole position on path to net zero

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When it comes to figuring out how a company will get to net zero, more investors are making a distinction between emissions that are hard to abate, and emissions that are expensive to abate. During the Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Singapore earlier this month, Cbus CEO Kristian Fok appeared alongside Bridgewater’s Carsten Stendevad and Wilhelm Mohn of Norway’s giant sovereign fund, addressing the big sustainability questions asset owners need to answer.

Why quant investing is having a renaissance with asset owners

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Quantitative investing, a data-based approach to generating alpha by exploiting human biases, is experiencing an uptick in interest following a period sometimes dubbed “the quant winter” between 2018 and 2020. Now considered an attractive middle-ground between passive and active management, Robeco’s Netherlands-based head of quantitative investing and research, Weili Zhou, explains how the method is being re-embraced by global pensions and sovereigns.

Investment Magazine names new editor, appointments

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Award-winning journalist, broadcaster and financial literacy advocate Sue Lannin has been appointed Editor of Investment Magazine, commencing next month. After 20 years at the ABC, Lannin is eager to apply her decades of reportage across financial markets, the economy, science and energy to the Australian institutional investor community, believing the rise and rise of superannuation funds is among the biggest stories in business.

Total portfolio approach taxing but rewarding: Future Fund CIO

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Not every asset owner can explore the benefits of a total portfolio approach due to the strain it puts on an investment team’s efficiency. But for those that can afford the luxury, it can bring both rewarding portfolio diversification and organisational culture, according to Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild, who says the method “brings joy” to his job.

Super trustees have ‘the toughest gig’ in governance: ASIC chair

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ASIC chair Joe Longo has acknowledged that directors of superannuation trustees have “the toughest gig” as far as board duties go, with funds’ exceptionally complex governance needs surpassing those of corporate Australia. But still, he said it’s only right that directors be held to “very high standards” when they are dealing with Australians’ precious retirement savings.

Investors ease up on climate change pressure, say company directors

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Australian company directors no longer feel as much pressure from investors, lenders and other stakeholders to improve climate change governance. In fact, an AICD survey suggests firms are actually doing less work than previously to integrate climate risk into their frameworks.

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