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J.P. Morgan Asset Management launches ESG integration policy statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Management is working internally, as well as engaging with local regulators and industry bodies across regions, to assess the impact of these regulations and to ensure that we meet all requirements (for example, with our product classifications and disclosures). ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts." The framework allows users to assess risk based on financial as well as alignment risk to certain scenarios. "This impact analysis can be done in several ways - you can try to quantify the raw impact like the number of days that an asset could ...

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... low-carbon economy, McDonald said. "From a member perspective, because this is about the member and their returns and the impact to their returns, we can invest that money in other industries, sectors, and investments and generate that longer term return," ...

Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... The consortium of philanthropists and investors behind the purchase of the AAP Newswire have labelled the transaction an impact investment motivated by a desire to protect media diversity in Australia. The deal that was announced earlier this month will ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... stewardship team, along with biodiversity loss, diversity and public health, said Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of impact strategy and responsible investments. "As an industry, we are moving away from the narrow definition of fiduciary duty ...

Australian Unity launches green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... We want to manage the characteristics so that it gives a similar risk/return profile to an investor, with the flavour of impact in terms of the use of proceeds." The objective of the fund is to seek out new investors who want access to the green bond ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
With material environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues increasingly demonstrating their impact on companies' ability to generate long term value for investors, fund managers are making the case that ESG can augment quality signals ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... engage twice a year, and we engage before we invest. We strongly believe that ESG factors are financially material and impact corporate performance." ASI uses a combination of third party data providers and internal research to develop its internal scoring ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
The Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) has priced a COVID-19 Response Social Covered Bond, its second social bond. KHFC raised EUR 500 million on the transaction, which has a five year tenor with a spread of 35 basis points over the mid-swap rate. ...

ESG data enhances value strategies: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... a deliberate process," McKean said. "This is why I'm so focused on reflecting material risks into our valuation - what impact is that going to have on revenue and costs and margins, the capital required and the output of that is on company valuations ...