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LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... sure we know where the funds are going." Hartnett said. Some of the other participants in the bond include 3M Company, Blackrock, the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), Calvert Investments, Ellomay Capital, Fjarde AP-fonden, Ford ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund has developed the new benchmark in consultation with their investment adviser, Towers Watson, and with BlackRock Investment Management and index provider Barclays Capital. "We are concerned about sovereign debt," said Ronan Walsh ...

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... selection. Jonathan Koh Greencape is a AU$3.97bn fund manager led by Matthew Ryland and David Pace, both ex-Merrill Lynch/BlackRock. Established in 2006, the fund manager uses "uses targeted research methods to identify sustainable returns in businesses ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... votes, there'd be a national outcry." The study examines the voting process of 23 institutional investors, including Blackrock, AMP, Perpetual, Colonial First State, Vanguard and the Future Fund. The combined ownership interest of these institutions ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... industry are working to catch up with investor expectations on corporate governance and disclosure standards, according to BlackRock's Asia Pacific head of corporate governance and responsible investment. Pru Bennett Pru Bennett, director and head of ...

MSCI launches 25 new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets ex Controversial Weapons Index. The indices will form the basis of a new series of BlackRock index funds, MSCI said. MSCI also noted the launch of five MSCI Global Socially Responsible Indices, constructed to include ...