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Evergreen launches responsible investment fund index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Investment consulting firm Evergreen Consultants has launched a responsible investment index that ranks investment manager's intent and actions. The Evergreen Responsible Investment Grading Index (ERIG Index) is aimed at providing financial advisers ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... not kept pace. The Governance Institute of Australia and Watermark Search International have released the Board Diversity Index, which measures five types of diversity on boards - gender, cultural background, skills/experience, age, and tenure and independence. ...

Climate friendly super choice could halve emissions: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... reach that figure, Australian Ethical calculated the difference between the carbon footprint of investment in the MSCI World Index and the MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned Benchmark Select Index. Australian Ethical and Steggall, the independent federal ...

Pengana Capital reports positive impacts of equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... each $100,000 increment. In that same period, the fund returned 13.7% compared to the benchmark MSCI World Total Return Index (net, AUD unhedged) return of 5.6%. "This year, the report is entitled Building Back Better, which gives a sense of where we ...

NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... reduction in the carbon intensity of the portfolio and potential emissions from fossil fuel reserves, relative to the MSCI World Index benchmark. "This latest strategy underlines NTAM's philosophy and commitment to sustainable investing," said Julie ...

Tracking ESG impact in emerging markets improving: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... management. Over the 12 months to March 31 2021, it has returned 63.30%% net of fees, against the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets index, which has returned 51% to the 12 months to 31 May 2021. "In addition to ESG integration, every equity that we own ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... indeed may contribute to better performance in the longer term." When applying the same exclusions to the FTSE Developed Index, the index with exclusions showed "minor difference in the performance on the upside." "Interestingly, the data here shows ...

Using climate scenarios to assess company risks, return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel-based utilities. Copper and lithium miners do much better than coal miners," she said. "If we look at the ASX200 index, AGL is one of the companies that performs the worst under our central climate change scenario due to its thermal coal ...

Cutting the carbon without sacrificing return: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... sacrificing returns, and may achieve outperformance, according to research from UBS. UBS identified 25 stocks from the MSCI World index which are buy or neutral rated They compared them to stocks which are sell or neutral rated and have a very high carbon ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Firms in Australia and regionally have announced hires to ESG and sustainability teams, with one expert saying demand is high for ESG specialists. Hiring for ESG professionals in financial services is "booming," said Simon Gvalda, senior recruitment ...