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PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... consideration and action for PRI, other activities in the past year have included applying responsible investment analysis to fixed income, Reynolds said. See Also: PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... to exploration, ownership or extraction of fossil fuels. Recently, London Stock Exchange launched a full range of fixed income segments specifically designed for green bond issuance, which is geared at promoting greater transparency in the fixed income ...

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... incorporation is most advanced typically in listed equities, and integrating climate change risk into analysis of fixed income issuance is "possible and underway" to some degree. "The next stage of this project will assist asset owners in setting a goal ...

NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has (NZ Super Fund) selected Northern Trust Asset Management to manage a global fixed income mandate which includes the fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO Europe, the ...

Climate-aligned bond universe reaches $597.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Bonds Initiative provides investors with an important insight into how to access climate related themes through the fixed income market." Although labelled green bonds are still a minority share of the overall market, their issuance tripled to US$36.6 ...

CFSGAM reports on transparency, stewardship of assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... how ESG considerations are factored into their ratings. The report then compared the default experience of CFSGAM fixed income portfolios versus the credit rating agencies' ratings and found "significantly superior performance," which leads CFSGAM to ...

Instreet Investment buys The Emerald Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... based, but Instreet is exploring widening the asset classes that would be on offer to advisers, such as delving into fixed income. "Once the platform is up, we will be able to get model portfolios up around fixed income, and that will be driven by the ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... so the tilts that appear in the Altius Sustainable Bond fund are not a tracking error concern, Bovingdon said. "In fixed income in particular, benchmark focused investing is fraught with danger in any case, because fixed income benchmarks are driven ...

Barclays, MSCI launch green bond index series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... have launched their green bond index series, the new addition to their environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income indexes. Eligibility for the green bond index series is based on a four-factor assessment - use of proceeds, project evaluation ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... what is key." Gayer compared analysing ESG exposures to analysis of other financial risks, such as credit risk in fixed income portfolios. He also noted that while the conversations about ESG data analytics is spreading in Asia, it is more prevalent ...