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BNY Mellon offers ESG data to depositary receipt clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... receipt clients, but there has been interest from other parts of BNY Mellon's business' in the ESG and sustainability investing space - including its asset servicing line, which provides custody and administration for asset owners such as institutional ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... factor evaluation to their quantitative equity funds, according to Northern Trust. Mamadou-Abou Sarr global head of ESG investing, Northern Trust Asset Management Mamadou Abou Sarr, global head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... plantation asset in the Bengkoka peninsula in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. As part of the due diligence process of investing in the plantation asset in 2013, New Forests engaged a third party to conduct a land tenure study, and has followed through ...

bankmecu to participate in GABV bank investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... America, and there are slightly different focuses depending on the institution," Walsh said. "There is more microfinance investing going on in developing countries and then in more developed countries it's actually more about mainstream banking." bankmecu ...

Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... (ESG) considerations in their alternative asset investments, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Mercer and LGT Capital Partners recently conducted a global survey of institutional investors to ...

RobecoSAM launches 2015 assessment for DJSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... financially material sustainability issues that impact their bottom line," said Daniel Wild, head of sustainability investing (SI) research and development, RobecoSAM. "Sustainability issues dramatically change companies' competitive environment. Ultimately ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Management The Carbon Zero Global Equities Fund will incorporate Inflection Point Capital Management's Strategically-Aware Investing principles, and will invest in a portfolio of companies that have a net zero carbon emissions output, said Matthew Kiernan ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... lending facilities as a concern. "Increasingly, organisations including Cash Converters, Money3 and now Nimble are heavily investing in online payday lending," Mooney noted. "The issue I have with that is that we're moving to a new realm of lending online. ...

NAB launches Impact Investment Grant Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... necessary investment to make them succeed." The Impact Investment Grants Program will be jointly managed with Impact Investing Australia, and was co-designed with The Difference Incubator. Grants of up to AU$100,000 are available. "Our intention is that ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... leadership, innovation and reputation, 10%. Recently, Teachers Mutual Bank was recognized by the London Benchmarking Group for investing 4.55% of pre-tax profits in community programs, which is 12.6 times the financial services industry average in Australia ...