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International Finance Corporation launches NZ dollar-denominated green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... said Mike Faville, BNZ head of debt capital markets. "This bond is a critical step in opening up green and sustainable investing opportunities in NZ dollars, and we thank IFC for its continued commitment to the New Zealand market and its development. ...

Man Group appoints Steven Desmyter head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Investor, London Review of Books, Global Times, Aftenposten and most recently as contributing author in Sustainable Investing: Revolutions in Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2017).

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Zealand The PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund is the firm's first dedicated ESG fund offered to Australian clients. "Sustainable investing is increasingly an important focus for many of our clients, yet there is a shortage of compelling ESG-oriented fixed income ...

BetaShares launches ETHI sustainability-themed ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... industries. They're large cap companies as well. The key benefits are the ability to invest in impact and sustainable investing, and doing so in a diversified portfolio that is cost-effective." The ETHI ETF has a management fee of 49 basis points, "plus ...

Northern Trust Asset Management launches GRESB-based real estate index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... to benefit from the long-term returns associated with listed real estate companies, whilst incorporating sustainable investing principles." GRESB assesses the ESG performance of real estate portfolios and infrastructure assets, using more than 40 specific ...

Australian Ethical hires Michael Murray

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... to working with an organisation that is 100% dedicated to ethical investment and using my experience in sustainable investing to deliver market-leading results for investors," Murray said. "Australian Ethical is the leader in the Australian ethical investing ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... specialist at Robeco Hong Kong. Ronnie Lim, senior investment specialist at Robeco Hong Kong. Robeco integrates sustainable investing into its process, which Lim defined as a set of investment decisions that consider ESG criteria to generate long term ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... (RIAA) 2014 Benchmark Report. RIAA is a member of GSIA and contributed data to the report. The most common sustainable investing strategy globally is negative/exclusionary screening, which affects US$14.4 trillion in assets, according to the report. ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... theme adjusts, that is a nice way to approach it and it blends the long term philosophical merits of really sustainable investing." This comes up in portfolio construction discussions with asset owners, Salvatico of MSCI said. "That's something we talk ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... investments across asset classes, from listed equities and fixed income to hedge funds and microfinance. Managed sustainable investing portfolios in Australia has increased by 33% between 2010 and 2012, from US$13.2bn to US$17.5bn. The report also noted ...