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What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... to make meaningful progress to containing climate change, said Brendan Baker, vice president and ESG climate specialist at MSCI. "When we look at this from a climate risk perspective, we're talking climate transition risk," Baker said. "It may be ...

Wholesale managed funds continue strong performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the month. Emerging markets had the strongest index performance, with a 3.7% return in Australian dollar terms. The main MSCI global ESG index rose 0.8% while the Australian equities equivalent - the MSCI ESG Leaders Index returned -0.1%. Looking to ...

APA Group sets net zero targets for emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... high emissions-emitting fossil fuel source in natural gas, said Brendan Baker, vice president and ESG climate specialist at MSCI. APA Group is rated AAA under MSCI's ESG Ratings system, which evaluates companies on 35 key issues depending on their industry. ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... corporate governance and concerns over issues like occupational health and safety, worker rights and other considerations. The MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Leaders index has outperformed the wider MSCI Emerging Markets index this year - returning 4.56% ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... necessary in credit portfolios because of the asymmetrical risks of the asset class, and the risk of default. A 2018 report by MSCI found that high yield issuers with high ESG ratings "tended to have tighter credit spreads, outperforming those with lower ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Kuijpers said. "When we started thinking about integrating ESG factors into our investment process, there was only ESG data from MSCI. The DWS Engine now covers 14,000 companies globally. It's integral to every investment action we take." The ESG ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by 2% per annum on a rolling 3-year basis, and is managed by portfolio manager Jaime Ramos ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Accumulation Index, which was down - 5.1% over the past 12 months, and returned +6.1% p.a. over the past three years, and the MSCI World ex AU- Index, which had a return of 7.3% for the past year and 13.2% over the past three years. The average ESG managed ...

Strong inflows to sustainable option: Stockspot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... BetaShares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (FAIR), BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Sustainable Equity ETF (ESGI). The weighted average ETF fees for the Sustainable Portfolios ranges from ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... each in the equity (tracking the FTSE Developed ex Australia Choice Index) and fixed-income (tracking the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusion Float Adjusted Index) segments during 2018, while VanEck came out with a sustainable equity ...