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Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Private Markets, doing only impact investing. We underwrite our own deals, manage our own portfolio, and what we do integrate is ESG criteria, guideline and factors into what we do, but the impact thesis is very driven by opportunity areas that we see ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... slavery and the Royal Commission on Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry were all issues of ESG engagement for Ausbil Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Ausbil has published their 2018 ESG Engagement ...

RIAA certifies two Legg Mason funds as Responsible Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Martin Currie Ethical Values with Income Fund are now certified by RIAA. "We believe that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are very important to a growing group of our clients," said Andy Sowerby, managing director Legg Mason Australia. ...

Corporate culture a factor in stock selection: WCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... company, said Rolf Kelly, portfolio manager and business analyst and member of the Investment Strategies Group for global ESG strategies at WCM. "We start at a high level looking at things that are readily available like turnover in a company, like safety ...

Institutional Shareholder Services purchases CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... the region. "Strategically it's important for us to do our primary research locally in the market," said Marija Kramer, ISS ESG managing director. "We do our Japanese coverage out of Japan, we do our continental Europe research out of a couple of hubs ...

Pendal Group takes total ownership of Regnan to bolster in-house capacity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), which will cease to be a shareholder. The move is designed to augment Pendal's ESG research and stewardship capability, said CEO Richard Brandweiner. "This is part of a broader strategic initiative." Brandweiner ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - The Highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Investment Services; Erin Castellas, chief impact officer, Impact Investment Group; and Michael Salvatico, executive director, ESG Research, MSCI. With major research providers integrating environmental, social and governance information into their composite ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - Full Discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Investment Services; Erin Castellas, chief impact officer, Impact Investment Group; and Michael Salvatico, executive director, ESG Research, MSCI. With major research providers integrating environmental, social and governance information into their composite ...

IOSCO releases statement on ESG-related disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has emphasised that environmental, social and governmental (ESG) matters "though sometimes characterized as non-financial, may have a material short-term and long-term impact on the business ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... institutions, to promote the development of green bond standards. Separately, Climate Bonds Initiative announced that ISS ESG, the responsible investment arm of Institutional Shareholder Services, has been reconfirmed as a verifier under the Climate ...