Fund or foe, stay or go – the climate investment dilemma

Fund or foe, stay or go – the climate investment dilemma
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David Chaplin
New Zealand investors will have megatonnes of new disclosure materials to sift through next year as new climate-risk reporting rules come into play.The world-first NZ rules (now replicated in other jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom) apply across a wide range of financial institutions, NZX companies and licensed fund managers. Under the regulations, licensed – an important distinction – fund managers with $1 billion or more of assets under the hood will have to provide climate reports on a per-product basis across four...

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