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Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Asia-Pacific investors in private equity monitor, or expect to monitor, general partners' environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, in contrast to 70% of European investors and 27% of North American investors, according to Coller Capital ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Paterson, CEO of CAER - Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility. "Clients who are sufficiently engaged with the whole ESG space to use a providers like ourselves have been thinking about this issue for a while. The other thing to note is that there ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics, a reporting tool to help fund managers and institutional investors assess the ESG characteristics and risk profile of an equity portfolio. MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics reports include portfolio and index ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... otherwise known as the Rio+20 Summit. The Australian Stock Exchange does not require disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions. ESG reporting is introduced via Principle 7 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank. Green bonds could be considered by investors that integrate ESG into their investment portfolios, but one large barrier for institutional investors is the lack of issuance scale. "The ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Tracey, portfolio manager, speak with The Sustainability Report about their approach, their positioning in the market and why ESG analysis matters to risk and return considerations. Q: How does Five Oceans integrate ESG into its investment processes? ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... investment decisions. Mathew McCrum, director, investments, talks with The Sustainability Report about the strategy, and how ESG signals can be used to minimise volatility and maximise return. Matthew McCrum, director, investments, Omega Global Investors ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... factors are considered by the infrastructure team as part of their investment process. The infrastructure team "does consider ESG matters in the project due diligence stage and in the operational phase, consistent with the amount of operational control ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... nearly AU$170m government bond allocation to a strategy that explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into the selection process, including a specific allocation of up to 15% invested in "green" or climate themed bonds. ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... other areas of their business performance, are also of an internationally competitive standard." The report, conducted by MSCI ESG Research and sponsored by LUCRF Super, analysed the public disclosures of ASX200 companies and compared their performance ...