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ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
There is a growing use of environmental and social factors as part of quantitative investment techniques in equity portfolios, with fund managers integrating ESG data to either screen out undesired stocks, or to create customised benchmarks that tilt ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... devalued is highly dependent on how international policy is implemented, the type of fossil fuels in question, and the time horizon of new projects. Mercer has explored climate change risks and asset allocation in previous reports, and stranded assets ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... devalued is highly dependent on how international policy is implemented, the type of fossil fuels in question, and the time horizon of new projects. 350.org Australia partnered on the research to bolster their case for divestment from fossil fuel assets ...

NZ Super Fund sells partial forestry stake to iwi collective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
New Zealand Superannuation Fund has sold a 2.5% stake in New Zealand's largest forestry business to six iwi organisations. The six iwi representative organisations - Ngati Rangitihi, Ngati Whakaue Assets and Te Arawa River Iwi Limited Partnership, Ngati ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... devalued is highly dependent on how international policy is implemented, the type of fossil fuels in question, and the time horizon of new projects. For investors, unburnable carbon becomes an investment risk if fuel reserves do stay in the ground and ...

UCA Funds Management on asset allocation for NFP portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... tool to help non-profit finance committees analyse investment asset categories and assess their risk appetite and time horizon. "We manage money on behalf of charities and faith-based organisations," Walsh said. "They're all different sizes and there's ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... can leverage intent? Superannuation - it's a AU$1.7 trillion sector that's investing for retirement, so it's a long time horizon, and we thought, let's create a superannuation fund with intent." Thus far, Good Super has nearly one thousand members and ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... benefit from reduction and efficiency activity." Real assets tend to be long-dated assets, and because of their longer time horizon, climate change can impact in varying ways at various stages of the lifecycle, Kuppalli said. "From a physical risk side ...

NZ Super Fund invests in wind turbine developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... 2012, according to NZ Super's 2012/2013 annual report. "[T]he intention is to find opportunities where our long investment horizon can be valuable to allow companies to grow before going to the public markets to raise capital," NZ Super said in its annual ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... said. "Supply chain risk management can also be an indicator of a company's ability to manage complexity and the time horizon they take in terms of establishing sustainable supply chains." There is a wide variety in the way different Australian retailers ...