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New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... CEO According to the survey of 1,001 consumers, 95% believe it is of at least some importance that KiwiSaver funds consider ESG and/or ethical factors, and 81% rate the importance as 5/10 or higher. "These results show just how clearly New Zealanders ...

Australia, NZ assets perform strongly in GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure Assessment, it is clear that the interest in sustainable infrastructure is high," said Emke Bus, managing director, ESG & Infrastructure at GRESB. "The development and operation of infrastructure projects will play an important role in ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... takes up his new role on 1 December. "The PRI has made a huge contribution to moving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into the forefront of the financial services sector but we know that there is still a great deal more to be done," ...

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 ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... McDonald said. "This is early days for the research, but what is interesting is that this is very upstream integration of ESG concepts and fundamental valuation and fundamental earnings forecasts," she said. "That is something that is exciting for us ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... according to research from Ausbil Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil's head of ESG research, recently returned from a field trip to China where he conducted on-the ground research to look at the global garment ...

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 ...

The Sustainability Report Podcast: Mans Carlsson-Sweeny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... companies supply chain, and what risks they can pose to investments. We're speaking with Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, who is the head of ESG research at Ausbil Investment Management. As head of ESG research, Mans is responsible for analysing how sustainability ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... the development of optimised portfolios for clients. Northern Trust has also assessed environmental, social and governance (ESG) data as part of its research and factor-based portfolio construction, and clients in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific are ...

BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... important, and the cyber security theme is a really significant growth theme." Although BetaShares has not designed a specifically ESG- or responsible investment-themed ETF, the HACK ETF is part of a global sector series that also includes the BetaShares ...