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YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Yasui, officer in charge of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, a co-convener of NCD. "As emerging markets such as India continue to grow it is important to better understand how changing environmental phenomena - weather extremes ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Capital's extensive research on supply chains emphasizes the need for good risk management when outsourcing to emerging markets such as Bangladesh and Cambodia. This research has led to focused engagement with Australian retailers, Halliday said. There ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Revenue from emerging markets accounts for at least 20% of total revenue for more than half of companies in the EuroStoxx50, yet only 5.6% of board members on those companies are nationals from an emerging market, highlighting a need for increased diversity ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS. "When you're looking at issues around the supply chain and emerging markets and what is acceptable in terms of both investment risk and just generally acceptable standards, it can be very handy to be ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has created an emerging markets equities index integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens and has launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... risk.... AXA IM demonstrated in the paper how the Rep Risk Free negative screen applies, using the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (EMBIG) investment universe of 57 countries as the base index. Applying the negative screen to an emerging ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Values (GABV). GABV is an organization of sustainable banks from around the world, including microfinance banks in emerging markets, credit unions, community banks and sustainable banks financing social, environmental and cultural enterprise. The group ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... collected and analysed both regionally and globally for the benefit of industry players in both developed and emerging markets." The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia commissioned CAER - Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility to ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... debt that is brought into the portfolio will have to fit the benchmark's stringent criteria. "When looking at emerging markets as with developed markets, our fund manager, BlackRock, is making an assessment of factors with respect to debt sustainability ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... include Cambridge Associates venture capital vintage year benchmarks, Cambridge Private Equity Index, LIBOR, MSCI Emerging Markets Indices, Consumer Price Index and Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. This variety of potential benchmarks is one indication ...