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RIAA certifies two Legg Mason funds as Responsible Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Martin Currie Ethical Values with Income Fund are now certified by RIAA. "We believe that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are very important to a growing group of our clients," said Andy Sowerby, managing director Legg Mason Australia. ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - The Highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Salvatico, executive director, ESG Research, MSCI. With major research providers integrating environmental, social and governance information into their composite, and responsible investments under management topping $866 billion of assets, or 55.5% ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - Full Discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Salvatico, executive director, ESG Research, MSCI. With major research providers integrating environmental, social and governance information into their composite, and responsible investments under management topping $866 billion of assets, or 55.5% ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... those in the S&P/ ASX 200 Index. Investment decisions will draw from Ausbil's specialist environmental, social and governance (ESG) research team. "We spend a lot of time with companies to identify earnings that are sustainable over time and we actively ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... digitalization to real estate and cities in a paper entitled Crossing the Threshold. He outlines 24 environmental, social and governance (ESG) Focal issues driven by digitalization in real estate and cities representing both opportunities and risk.. ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
Although countries with higher GDP per capita have better scores on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, there has been "little or no relationship between the ESG performance or momentum of a country and its credit rating or credit spreads," ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
While integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into long-term stock selections is a well analysed and discussed technique, there is less discussion of whether using ESG signals can be applied to shorting strategies. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... was defined as return on equity net extraordinary items. "AXA IM is firmly of the view that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors such as diversity are material economic indicators and Rosenberg Equities is using diversity data to improve ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Willis Towers Watson and MSCI have developed a new capped index strategy that integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within the investment process. said Louise Lew, head of sustainability, Australia, Willis Towers Watson The Adaptive ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand's real estate sector has outperformed other regions in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance for the eighth year in a row, according to the 2018 GRESB benchmark. (Source: GRESB) This year, the region achieved ...