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PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... rating agencies to use ESG analysis to inform sovereign debt ratings in a more systematic way, taking into account quantitative and qualitative criteria. "Whatever any individual investor does to determine creditworthiness by using traditional financial ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Berebichez, vice president for portfolio management analytics at MSCI. "These students are the next generation of quantitative investment professionals, and it's essential to expose them to real-life market tools like Barra analytics and ESG research ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... there's the SRI overlay." Hartnett said that it is more difficult to use responsible investment strategies with a quantitative approach to the ASX index because of the concentrated nature of the market. He noted, for example, that applying an ESG screen ...

RI Academy to offer Enhanced Financial Analysis course

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... value drivers in financial analysis and apply practical tools to modelling and stock valuation. It uses traditional quantitative analysis, O'Connor said. "This gets straight into the quantitative analysis," he said. "If we're serious about mainstreaming ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... viability and its ability to create value over time, which is why it is important to report on those capitals. While quantitative measures are important in explaining uses and effects on the six capitals, it is not intended for the IR framework to measure ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can be used as a quantitative measure to construct an equities portfolio that generate improved active returns and better ESG ratings, according to research from MSCI. Michael Salvatico MSCI have released ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... accepting the value of ESG analysis, as both a risk review approach in fundamental investing, and as numeric inputs to quantitative investing. The Responsible Investment Association of Australia will shortly be releasing its annual report on the adoption ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Hermes Fund Managers has created a global quantitative environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and has announced that Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a AU$90m mandate for the strategy. The strategy combines Hermes' existing quantitative ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Cleeland, Omega investment research analyst. "The willingness to repay - that's a governance consideration and a quantitative analysis," Cleeland said. "Ability to pay was measured on a couple of financial measures - net GDP, ten-year bond yields, average ...

Omega Global Investors hires investment research analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Andrew Cleeland as investment research analyst. Andrew Cleeland Cleeland comes to Omega from Austock, where he was a quantitative analyst for five years. He specialises in quantitative research and analysis, valuation modelling and system development ...

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