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  • Free fund managers from 'tyranny of benchmarks', says former Schroders CIO

    08 May 2014

    Asset managers must be freed from the "tyranny" of being measured against benchmark indexes to help them address the risk of stranded carbon assets in their portfolios, a former chief investment officer at Schroders has claimed.

  • $1.1trn of oil investment faces stranded asset risk, warns report

    08 May 2014

    Most of the oil reserves at risk of becoming 'stranded' as a result of action to curb climate change are held by private companies, warns a report from the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).

  • Stranded asset risk reporting needs update, says CDSB

    30 April 2014

    The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has developed a set of proposals designed to encourage companies to release information about stranded asset risks to investors.

  • FTSE launches first fossil fuel-free index, BlackRock investment product to follow

    29 April 2014

    Index provider FTSE has developed the first index family that excludes fossil fuel-based companies, as 'stranded assets' fears gain momentum among investors.

  • Stranded assets could cost $28trn, warns Kepler

    28 April 2014

    The fossil-fuel industry risks losing $28 trillion in revenues if policies are brought in to avoid catastrophic climate change, Kepler Cheuvreux has claimed.

  • 'Generational change' behind ESG growth, says AXA

    14 April 2014

    Evidence is mounting that investors are increasingly keen to monitor environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks within their portfolios, claimed AXA Investment Managers (IM).

  • Infrastructure funds should address stranded assets fears, pension fund argues

    09 April 2014

    There is a lack of diversified infrastructure funds that take into account carbon risk, the chief investment officer of the UK Environment Agency's pension fund has claimed.

  • Engage on stranded assets, don't divest, pension fund advised

    08 April 2014

    The £2.3 billion ($3.8 billion) pension fund of the UK's Environment Agency has been advised to engage with fossil fuel companies about the risk of stranded assets, rather than divest its holdings.

  • Kepler Cheuvreux hires former Deutsche Bank carbon analyst

    01 April 2014

    Former Deutsche Bank carbon analyst Mark Lewis has been appointed as a senior member of brokerage Kepler Cheuvreux's sustainability research team.

  • Exxon disappoints investors with response to 'stranded assets' risk

    01 April 2014

    ExxonMobil has rejected the suggestion from several investor groups that much of its fossil-fuel reserves will be rendered 'unburnable', as a result of global efforts to combat climate change.