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Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... rating fund managers on their ESG strategies and implementation to advising clients of ESG risks extant to their existing portfolio and how to invest in potential sources of ESG alpha in a way that is commensurate with their strategic asset allocation ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Large asset owners that own a slice of country's economy and market through their portfolios are exposed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that might impact long-term value, but they have the ability to use that economic and financial ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... role, Guyatt will be responsible for designing and implementing a responsible investment program across the fund's total portfolio, said fund CIO Garrie Lette. She will join the superannuation fund in September. "Danyelle will be involved as part of ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... globally view climate change as a material investment risk/opportunity, and most frequently look to their listed equity portfolio when considering climate change issues, according to a Mercer study commissioned by international climate change forums. ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... looking series of qualitative and quantitative measurements to augment some of the more traditional metrics of modern portfolio theory, which depend on backward looking data. "Many investors' see themselves as universal owners, and a primary way of framing ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... takes a totally different approach. It will engage with all companies because it does hold all companies within the portfolio and engages primarily via the resolution at annual general meetings. We are taking a methodical approach to the companies and ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... the company did not meet 2010 emissions intensity targets, with an increase in emissions intensity in the industrial portfolio. For OZ Minerals, the report named the company's award-winning indigenous employment training program via which 51 local and ...

Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... committed to responsible investment. How does this actually play out in a day to day sense, say in an Australian equities portfolio? How would these considerations play out? NE : Every team across the business takes their own approach, The way it plays ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ has released an interim corporate responsibility report for the financial year, highlighting progress in training staff for screening clients based on sensitive sector policies and reviewing investment portfolios against UNPRI guidelines, but also ...

Integrating ESG an evolution for institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... manager's approach to sustainability. We also see that many aspects of ESG can be considered in the context of risks to the portfolio, so to an extent we are looking to see how a manager incorporates ESG factors into its risk management framework." Examining ...