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RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... effect of institutional ownership right by speaking with a common voice, while spreading the costs of engagement and research amongst participants. The 32 Australian superannuation funds that participate in ACSI, along with international participants ...

Sustainalytics considering expansion into Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics, the independent ESG research and analysis firm, is looking to establish a local presence on the ground, with CEO Michael Jantzi calling Australia "a strategic priority." Michael Jantzi, CEO, Sustainalytics Jantzi cited growth in client ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... scale and effectiveness of impact investing through building infrastructure and support of activities, education and research to accelerate the development of the impact investing industry. See Also: Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... skin in the game and are aligned with investors, said Gordon Hagart, ACSI chief executive. "We have systematized the research such that we've identified the left tail, and the long-standing directors with no holdings will be an engagement point," Hagart ...

Barclays, MSCI launch green bond index series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... green bonds will be issued this year, increasing to around US$100bn next year," said Brian Upbin, head of benchmark index research at Barclays. "The Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index family should prove to be an extremely useful tool for issuers and institutional ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... group, and integrates environmental, social and governance data from AXA IM's responsible investment team. "Our extensive research shows ESG smart beta can offer investors a lower risk and higher return than index investing, along with a defensive strategy ...

Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... be sure that investments don't make matters worse." Cate Lamb, head of water at CDP cited a report from the UK Water Research and Innovation Partnership that found global expenditure on water and sewerage to 2050 was close to US$8.606 trillion. "This ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Alexis Cheang, principal, senior responsible investment consultant, Mercer, Michael Salvatico, vice president, MSCI ESG Research A panel of experts spoke on the issue of fossil fuel divestment this week at a panel hosted by The Sustainability Report ...

oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... better sustainability performance and ratings have a higher equity ratio, according to independent rating agency oekom research. oekom research has published a study, The importance of sustainability criteria in assessing the opportunities and risks ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "Highly Recommended" rating, and five funds were assigned a "recommended" rating. Lonsec rates those funds that pay the research house for ratings services, Sweeney said. In addition to the one and three year statistics, RI funds have also performed ...