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Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Additionally, just 8% of APAC survey respondents and 10% globally say they view fiduciary duty as a barrier to ESG integration, while 71% of APAC survey respondents and 74% globally see three-plus years as a realistic timeframe to gain outperformance ...

Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... largest sustainable investment strategy globally is negative/exclusionary screening, at $15.02 trillion, followed by ESG integration at $10.37 trillion and corporate engagement/shareholder action at $8.37 trillion. Negative screening is the largest strategy ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank launch Socially Responsible Growth Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... 0.99% per annum. The development of the fund has been boosted by the increasing number of fund managers offering ESG integration or ESG thematic investing, he said. "The fund has been several years in the making," Rohan said. "Along the way, we have ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... investors, who are pushing for more and greater diversity across the spectrum of investments and strategies, from ESG integration to ethical or responsible investments to thematic investments aimed at environmental and social themes. "What we're going ...

Sustainalytics to augment Sydney office, launch Tokyo office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... Corporate Governance code, as well as significant moves by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to embrace ESG integration as part of its investment mandate. "We're under no illusion that there is a single Asian market," Jantzi said. "We have ...

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 ...