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Sustainalytics acquires GES International, increases global reach

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... fiduciary voting services to institutional investors. Michael Jantzi, CEO, Sustainalytics The acquisition combines Sustainalytics' ESG research and ratings with GES' engagement and screening services, Sustainalytics noted. "We believe GES' proven approach ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... line with Stewart Investors' long-term investment philosophy and its engagement with investment companies around material ESG issues.

Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Investors can unlock "significant positive alpha" by combining big data mining techniques and traditional ESG ratings, according to TruValue Labs. TruValue Labs, a San Francisco based research firm that uses artificial intelligence to analyze and interpret ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses," Ausbil said. ESG are integral to Ausbil's investment process, noted Paul Xiradis, chief investment officer and head of equities. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... masterclass at the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference. Mans Carlsson-Sweeney, head of ESG Research at Ausbil Investment Management noted that in engagement with government, Assistant Minister for Home Affair ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... to real estate and cities in a paper entitled Crossing the Threshold. He outlines 24 environmental, social and governance (ESG) Focal issues driven by digitalization in real estate and cities representing both opportunities and risk.. There are six focal ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
Although countries with higher GDP per capita have better scores on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, there has been "little or no relationship between the ESG performance or momentum of a country and its credit rating or credit spreads," ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
While integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into long-term stock selections is a well analysed and discussed technique, there is less discussion of whether using ESG signals can be applied to shorting strategies. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... campaign against US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention, have been flagged for controversies under MSCI 's ESG ratings system. For the US grassroots groups, which have organised under the Families Belong Together umbrella, the goal ...

40% of ASX200 fall short of the carbon reduction requirements: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... meaning they are at risk of facing regulatory penalties, according to new research from MSCI. Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG Research, MSCI MSCI has analysed ASX200 company risk through the lens of direct regulatory risk under carbon emissions reduction ...