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ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... categories," according to the report. The back testing of the ValDA ratings against the S&P ASX200 demonstrates that a portfolio composed exclusively of firms with high average scores outperforms the market, a portfolio that excludes firms with low scores ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... and the United States. "Wenita manages a high-quality forestry resource that will be a strong addition to the ANZFF2 portfolio," said Matthew Crapp, New Forests portfolio manager. "New Forests' approach in New Zealand centres around working with quality ...

CEFC backs Granville Harbour Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Farm demonstrates Palisade's hands-on approach to renewables investment and further diversifies our renewable energy portfolio. Palisade's involvement through the development phase to financial close enables us to maximise risk-adjusted returns for our ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... creating value or are they destroying environmental or social value. They are asking different questions of the same portfolio, and I think Mercer has been quite good at showing the opportunity set - not just BAD, but how can we help investors to implement ...

bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... they have a dedicated ESG team, do they manage specific strategies where they want to improve the ESG rating of the portfolio, what data do they use," said Julien Barral, director, equity research at bfinance. "So we go through a range of factor that ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Institutional investors including AustralianSuper, Cbus and UniSuper have scaled up engaging with "systematically important" greenhouse gas emitting companies globally under the Climate Action 100+ initiative. Climate Action 100+ was launched in December ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Perpetual has launched the Perpetual Ethical SRI Credit Fund that applies ethical and SRI screens to a portfolio of diversified floating rate credit. Vivek Prabhu, portfolio manager and head of fixed income, Perpetual The fund is based on Perpetual's ...

IFC invests US$75m in Garanti Bank gender bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... impact Turkey's future growth." Turkey is IFC's second-largest country exposure globally with a $5 billion committed portfolio.

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... fully drawn, others undrawn. We're receiving interest payments when they're due, as well as principal drawdown. The portfolio is performing to expectation. The other aspect of the trust that we really are focused on is how it can help us support people ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... acceptance, moving towards the expectation that superannuation fund will "take a strong stance on activities within their portfolio companies that are harmful to humans, society and the environment - e.g. companies involved in tobacco production or cluster ...