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ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... points worldwide." A low volatility strategy that still takes factor plays into consideration can still add return. ESG integration plays a role in these strategies as well, Hunstad said. "There's a lot of debate does ESG bring positive return, is it ...

ESG standards improving in emerging markets: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... investment team as well as external research to seek out stocks where business is "on the right side of change," and ESG integration is part of that process. Engaging directly with companies can augment research and uncover stocks that had poor performance ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... GEFF seeks to improve the risk profile and diversification benefits as well as investment return, Gray added. The ESG integration is both top-down and bottom-up, Gray said. "If you're picking stocks, we want the fund managers to be thinking about the ...

Robeco on ESG integration, SDGs and impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... ESG data contributes positively to equity portfolio performance, Zandbergen said. The research data on whether ESG integration counts as a separate factor in quant strategies, and how it will perform at the end stages of an economic cycle is still not ...

HNW, UHNW "do not deeply consider ESG issues": Crestone wealth report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... necessary around what Crestone called "socially responsible investing" - the suite of investing that includes ESG integration, ethical investing, and sustainable investing in Crestone's view, Holder said. "Our own framework to think about this is that ...

Fidelity International appoints Jenn-Hui Tan global head of stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Fidelity's sustainable investing activities globally, including strategy and policies on engagement, voting and ESG integration, Fidelity said. Tan has been with Fidelity International for 12 years, having joined as senior legal counsel in 2007. He was ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... assets under management in 2018, an increase of 13% on the previous year. The dominant strategy used for RI is ESG integration, representing 45% of AUM, while corporate advocacy and shareholder action is the second most popular RI strategy, and negative ...

Fidelity International develops proprietary sustainability ratings system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... active investor, and we pick stocks from a bottom-up fundamental perspective," he said. "To supply that level of ESG integration or to provide that focus, we needed a distinct sustainability rating and we asked our analysts to take on additional research ...

Insight Investment applies traffic light analysis to green, impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... insufficient, Kendall said. Insight's critique of certain green and social impact bond issuance is rooted in its ESG integration approach to investment, Kendall said. "It's become more of a criterion which companies to invest in, and it's how we're increasingly ...

Factor investing such as ESG strategies can be wise approach: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... as ESG factor investing can be applied for short and long term strategy management, a further transition from ESG integration to impact investing is "inevitable"," said Matt Christensen, AXA Investment Managers global head of responsible investment at ...