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Business leaders, consumers "fed up" with ESG progress: Oracle

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... business leaders will play going forward." Meanwhile, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched its Digital Sustainability Index (DSI). The first Asia-Pacific framework and index has been developed in partnership with The Centre of Digital Enterprise ...

Low carbon ETF launches on SGX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... with a lower carbon intensity than their industry peers and tracks the iEdge-OCBC Singapore Low Carbon Select 50 Capped Index. The index has achieved an average of 50 per cent reduction in weighted average carbon intensity (WACI) compared to a standard ...

Nanuk launches global sustainable equities ETP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... appropriate diversification and risk management strategies." It has outperformed the benchmark MSCI All Countries World Index Total Return Net Index. "The fund holds a globally diversified portfolio of companies involved in areas such as clean energy ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... the stock market. In which case, it should be listed as a renewable, more ESG-focused company, and it will be part of an index that is more green-orientated than other companies." Perhaps an even bigger question would be where it would be relisted. Pittard ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... to have a higher ESG score and a lower carbon intensity score than its reference benchmark, the JPMorgan ESG Asia Credit Index. The fund will invest in Asian companies following good ESG practices "resulting in low and/or decreasing carbon intensity," ...

Using ESG signals part of shorting strategy: Plato Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Management's new active net zero long/short hedge fund. The Plato Global Net Zero Hedge Fund aims to outperform the MSCI World Index by four to five percent after fees, while maintaining a net zero carbon exposure using the calculation methodology recommended ...

Rest taps Calvert, Parametric for enhanced ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Rest has awarded an enhanced ESG mandate to Parametric Portfolio Associates and Calvert Research and Management to provide further diversification to its Sustainable Growth ethical investment option. Parametric and Calvert will implement ethical and ...

Australian Ethical launches high conviction ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... style as investment managers is that we don't feel that investors are well served by owning companies because they're in the index - it's about putting money where the conviction is." The ETF has management fees of 0.8% pa, a performance fee of 15% of ...

Plato Investment Management launches net zero hedge fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... long/short hedge fund with net zero carbon exposure. The Plato Global Net Zero Hedge Fund aims to outperform the MSCI World Index, while maintaining a net zero carbon exposure using the calculation methodology recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related ...

ESG adds performance boost to equity funds: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... boost it." Rainmaker's research is echoed by the latest findings of the Evergreen Responsible Investment Grading (ERIG) Index. In its latest quarterly performance survey, Evergreen compared more than 100 Australian Equities funds that they evaluate on ...