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Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia. Alice Cope, executive manager, Global Compact Network Australia Cope recently spoke during a webinar organised by MSCI to Australia's approach regarding the SDGs. MSCI recently released a report showing that Australian listed companies in ...

Video: Aligning Your Investments with the Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report is pleased to present this video of the highlights from a panel discussion in Sydney, sponsored by MSCI and Blackrock, that considered the implications of the SDGSs, the ways in which the SDGs can be applied to investment strategies ...

Remerga launches Emerging Markets Sustainable Leaders Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... research for Willis Towers Watson, and head of risk management at Dalton Investments. The fund is constructed based on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, Johnson said. "The first stage of the process is an initial screening for liquidity," he said. "We ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
Australian listed companies in the MSCI World Index derive less of their revenue from activities related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) than their peers in the rest of the index, according to MSCI. Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG ...

MSCI hires Michael Cheng to MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
MSCI has hired Michael Cheng to MSCI ESG Research, as vice president of corporate governance research. Cheng will be based in Hong Kong. He has more than two decades' experience in law, securities, governance and financial regulation. Prior to MSCI ...

SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... attracted investment, with Medibank Private providing AU$170 million of seed capital. The index tracks the performance of the MSCI World Ex Australia ex Tobacco ex Controversial Weapons Index. It excludes more than 10 companies in its parent index, the ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
MSCI has given BHP Billiton a red flag in its MSCI Controversies Research and downgraded BHP Billiton in its ESG Rating Research, a move that could impact on the portfolio construction and screens of asset managers and owners around the world. Michael ...

AXA IM SmartBeta fund receives local recognition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... expected to be less than the benchmark." Since launching in August 2015, the fund has returned 18.4% p.a., outperforming its MSCI ACWI benchmark by 4.69%. "The interest is driven by both -some clients are driven by the ESG characteristics of the strategy ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... adjusted return to cash." Omega uses its proprietary Financial Health ratings to evaluate bonds, and for ESG purposes, it uses MSCI's ESG ratings, Vassos said. "If I walk through it - Uniting Financial Service and probably other like groups are more ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... methodology is augmented by its internal research team in the US as well as third-party research providers. Dimensional noted that MSCI is the data provider on gas emissions. The Global Sustainability Trust is being offered on the BT and Macquarie wraps ...