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Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... approaches with the same data," Malinak said. "We found really quickly from our data that there's a sweet spot of returns for company that are acquiring the sustainability premium. We found that companies with strong ESG ratings trade at high multiples ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... subject to significant write downs in 2015 and subsequent years, CCLI said in its analysis. According to the claim, the company internally priced carbon lower than it told investors, or not at all - especially when using the higher disclosed price would ...

Cbus becomes Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) launched the code, which covers activities including exercising voting rights, company engagement, monitoring asset managers and financial system advocacy. "There is a strong public demand for information about ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... you more money than companies that stay in quartile 1 for ESG," Slater said. "We also observe that it's very rare for company to leave quartile 4. Bad business have something rotten about them. On that basis, quartile 4 underperforms quartile 1, and ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Earlier this year, Core Civic arranged a phone call with MSCI analysts to discuss the ratings, Thwing Eastman said. Neither company agrees with the assessment of allegations, Thwing Eastman said. Thwing Eastman noted that there are not many listed private ...

40% of ASX200 fall short of the carbon reduction requirements: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... penalties, according to new research from MSCI. Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG Research, MSCI MSCI has analysed ASX200 company risk through the lens of direct regulatory risk under carbon emissions reduction targets. The model tested the ability ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... running coal by 2025. Further, the report found that China's National Energy Investment Group, the world's largest power company, risks losing US$66 billion in stranded assets - half its total capital - if it pursues business as usual, while two other ...

CAER urges investors to consider ESG risks of cannabis companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... have signed on to Tobacco Free Portfolios should consider their stance on recreational cannabis as well. "What is this company doing, what it is making money from, and what are the societal implication of that industry and that product as a whole and ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... level of board diversity is associated with higher contemporaneous return on equity, and can also be a predictor of a company's ability to protect future profits, according to new research from AXA IM Rosenberg Equities. Kathryn McDonald, director of ...

ACSI names Kate Griffiths to executive manager role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... and came to ACSI from BHP, where she is currently the head of governance, risk and audit committee and disclosure, and a company secretary. Griffiths was formerly a Senior Associate at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst). She is a graduate of the AICD Company ...