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ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Integration of material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment processes in fixed income and credit portfolios is "crucial" to risk management, according to Janus Henderson. L-R: Jay Sivapalan, head of Australian fixed interest ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... approach to the climate science is the same the broad framework to applying that to investment risk for equities and fixed income."

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... collaborative way to engage the whole team, looking at how do we respond, what do we do," McDonald said. "In terms of the fixed income team, that means how do we focus on sustainability bonds, or green bonds, and elevate that into a strategy from the ...

Australian Unity launches green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... primary purpose of helping to lower carbon emissions. It is managed by Altius Asset Management, the in-house cash and fixed income manager for Australian Unity. The green bond fund captures both increased demand for green investment options and the fact ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... different providers, and using the raw data sets, we pick out those factors that we believe to be the most relevant for fixed income. With those factors we then go through the process of identifying how to structure, score and weight them as you would ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... we are delighted to join the CBI to further develop its market-building efforts in green finance and sustainable fixed income," said Stephen Yeats, EMEA head of fixed income, cash and currency, SSGA. "Our participation will add breadth and depth to CBI's ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... screen, screening out companies that do not have female board representation. BetaShares launched a third, ethical, fixed income ETF, GBND, in 2019. GBND is based on a diversified portfolio of fixed-rate, investment-grade global and Australian bonds ...

ESG focus on climate change, income inequality: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the Responsible Investing Indicator Model (RIIM) - a rating system for invested companies, used across equities, fixed income and credit. Portfolio managers have discretion on how they use the information, Drew noted. In 2019 2019 T. Rowe Price created ...

Northern Trust launches ESG Analytics Summary for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... something that we're looking at in the future." Currently the ESG Analytics Service covers listed equities and corporate fixed income, but in future, it could be extended to other asset classes. "If we're looking at private equity, real estate, we have ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... that a company's market performance and ESG rating are positively correlated, "even in a crisis." The equity and fixed income securities issued by companies at the top of Fidelity's sustainability rating scale, receiving an A or B score under Fidelity's ...