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MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... launched MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics, a suite of carbon and fossil fuel metrics and screening tools to measure and manage portfolio exposure to carbon-related risks. "With concerns about carbon stranded assets risk increasing in the investment community ...

Sustainalytics hires Gary Hewitt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics works with more than 250 asset owners, asset managers, and related organisations around potential material portfolio risk related to companies' ESG practices, the company said.

JBWere: private ancillary funds increase in size, distributions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
There are more than a thousand Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) in Australia with approximately AU$4 billion in assets, with new donations rising to AU$354 million, according to the annual JBWere Giving Trends Report. Distributions from PAFs to charitable ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... UCA Funds Management does not have any holdings in Transfield Services, but the company previously was in its model portfolio watch list as a potentially investible company, said Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO. UCA Funds Management is an entity ...

Australian National University Investment Office selects CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... for consideration by the University's governing bodies, according to ANU. The Investment Office internally manages a portfolio of Australian equities valued at "around" AU$300 million, said Mark Waldron, investment director, ANU. The investment office ...

Australian Ethical names new portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Fund manager Australian Ethical has appointed Mason Willoughby-Thomas portfolio manager of the AU$277 million Australian Ethical Larger Companies Trust. Willoughby-Thomas has worked at the ethical fund manager for more than two years. He will replace ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... UCA Funds Management does not have any holdings in Transfield Services, but the company previously was in its model portfolio watch list as a potentially investible company, said Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO. UCA Funds Management is an entity ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... accumulation index, while its two year returns were 29.64% as compared to 21.42% for the S&P/ASX50 accumulation index. "The portfolio is biased towards those sectors that have performed strongly, which are effectively Telstra and financial services," ...

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... that statement, followed by environmental 82% and social 73%. This is the first time that JANA surveyed fixed income portfolio managers, but is the fourth survey of ESG practices in five years. Previously, JANA surveyed ESG practices of Australian equities ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC) has contracted investments of over $900 million in projects over $3 billion in total value. The current portfolio matches private sector funds of more than AU$2.20 for each AU$1 of CEFC investment, with investments presently expected ...