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CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has sent letters to the CEOs of 415 of the largest companies around the world, calling for cost-effective management and reductions of their carbon emissions. As part of the CDP's Carbon Action initiative, the letters ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... their highest ratings because their evaluation is based on how strategies integrate ESG into the active construction of portfolio choices, said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer. "It's a number which is reflecting ...

LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... portfolios," said Remy Briand, managing director at MSCI and global head of index and ESG research. "The customized portfolio reports fill a current market gap as, for the first time, institutional investors will be able to regularly measure and monitor ...

Australian Ethical names new chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... his career in the Australian public service. Macri was hired by Australian Ethical in 2009 as an equities analyst and portfolio manager. Prior to joining Australian Ethical, he worked for Macquarie Group, Credit Suisse, Mellon and Mercer covering strategic ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... 2008, using a four point scale in which 1 or 2 is considered "highly rated". The ratings reflect the extent to which portfolio managers integrate ESG factors into their process. According to Mercer, of the 5,175 strategies evaluated for ESG factors ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm, is forming a working group to lobby for changes to address what the managing director calls a lack of clarity around the process of putting shareholder resolutions to an annual general meeting (AGM). Trevor Thomas ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched a sovereign ratings tool designed to identify a country's exposure to and management of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk factors. MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings provide an overall sustainability assessment of 90 countries ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... importance, because using the TIP framework, Mercer estimates that climate policy risk contributes 10% to an investment portfolio's total risk budget, compared with 1% for technology risk, and 12% for credit risk premium. Equity risk premium is still ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... to demonstrate the tangible costs and benefits of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into portfolio valuations will be a dominant theme for 2012, along with continued and expanded engagement with companies on issues across ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... investor, you can list the asset classes and the sub-asset classes. For example a fund might disclose that 20% of the portfolio is in Australian equities. Of that 20%, 10% of that is in high growth or value stocks and within that, 2% are in financial ...