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Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... leader," Jantzi said. "You're sophisticated, responsible investors across a range of initiatives, whether it's ESG integration, whether it's the seriousness by which you approach proxy voting, or whether it's the experience and expertise you bring to ...

Majority of 50 largest super funds have RI approach: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... conference in Melbourne. The report found that 86% of funds have some form of responsible investment, ranging from ESG integration, screening, corporate engagement or sustainability themed investing - across at least one asset class. RIAA surveyed 50 ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... doing is important to consumers, and not investment industry people. The challenge then is to talk about what ESG integration means to a consumer. I think we're a long way from understanding how to do that. As engagement increases, we can highlight the ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... reduce their carbon footprint, all else equal, valuation increases." This conclusion can bring more nuance to the ESG integration policies of investors. "It goes back to this idea, how can it help us be more nuanced in our valuation of companies," McDonald ...

New Zealand responsible investment tops NZ$78bn: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... along with leading fund managers and community trusts implementing a "broad" responsible investment strategy of ESG integration, RIAA found. "In observing the significant and consistent growth in responsible investment we can say without a doubt that ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... billion, or 47% of Australia's managed investments, are managed using responsible investment approaches ranging from ESG integration across entire funds to strategies including screening, sustainability themed investments, impact investments, community ...

AXA IM hires Alix Chosson to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... was a responsible investment analyst from 2013, specialising in energy and technology sectors, with a focus on ESG integration and impact investment. "The COP 21 meeting in December last year put climate change firmly on investors' agenda and as a result ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... at HESTA and director at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) discussed their funds' approaches to ESG integration. "HESTA has a long-standing and deep commitment to being a responsible owner of capital and assets,and it's actually deeply ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... exploring the ways in which ESG data can be used as a factoral indicator for quantitative strategies, Lim said. ESG integration is "a mixed picture" across Asia-Pacific markets, Lim noted. "There are markets that use ESG and religious values, and others ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... that it's a healthy part of the process." If investors are not able to access direct green bonds, they are adding ESG integration to their fixed income mandates, Leonard of AMP Capital said. "What we've seen from some of our clients is that they want ...