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Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... growth opportunities, and if they're demonstrating that, you have to wonder about the quality of the business." In 2018, MSCI ESG Research examined the MSCI USA Index Share to evaluate the impacts of share buyback schemes on US large cap companies. The ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... outperformance. Fair is down 20.77% year to date, while the broader ASX200 is down 25.99%, and Ethi is down 7.78% while the MSCI world index is down 10.26%, according to BetaShares. Both ETHI and FAIR exclude companies with a material exposure to fossil ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Benchmark (GRESB) score of 86/100, including a governance score of 91/100, and a rating of AA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) in the 2019 MSCI ESG Ratings assessment, classifying it as an industry 'Leader', two rankings that Cromwell point to as evidence of ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... analysed data from January 2018 to June 2019 to analyse the performance of 1,700 companies across five investment universes - MSCI North America, MSCI EMU, MSCI Europe-ex EMU, MSCI Japan and MSCI World. The research is based on quantitative data using ...

ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... performance, of quality, to the equation, and this strategy does exactly that." Northern Trust Asset Management integrates MSCI ESG data into the quantitative strategy, and targets premium ESG scores compared to the benchmark, and the resulting portfolio ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Two months ago, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices rated Westpac Australia's most sustainable bank, and the 9th most sustainable bank in the world for its 2019 index series. Rachel Alembakis, editor, The Sustainability Report DJSI isn't the ...

Cromwell Property Group on value of sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Benchmark (GRESB) score of 86/100, including a governance score of 91/100, and a rating of AA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) in the 2019 MSCI ESG Ratings assessment, classifying it as an industry 'Leader', two rankings that Cromwell point to as evidence of ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... industry and traditional risk factors, you could see some historical outperformance." Huang cited BlackRock research across the MSCI World index that demonstrates that companies that have the highest rate of carbon emissions reductions also demonstrate ...

Colonial First State launches Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... inception in December 2015, Baillie Gifford's Global Stewardship UK composite has achieved a net return of 5.7% p.a. over the MSCI All Country World Index benchmark (as at 30 June 2019). Baillie Gifford has been an investment manager within CFS' FirstChoice ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... differentiators on their sustainability practices are associated with higher return on capital. The study examined about the MSCI ESG ratings of about 3,800 companies across 65 industries from 2012 to 2017, and concluded that there has been convergence ...