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Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... ASX because of the nature of the index," he said. "It's mining and bank-heavy. It's more difficult to do more ESG integration as you could in the MSCI World, where there are a lot of problematic companies, but there are also companies that are developing ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... billion from 2011, and is a combination of all ethical and socially responsible funds as well as funds managed under ESG integration that are rated as above average by investment consultant Mercer, according to RIAA. The benchmark report also found that ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental issues as key issues for 2013 in its report. See Also: Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... private equity portfolio, Hartnett said. Their asset consultant, Quentin Ayers, is aware of LGS's position in ESG integration and must comment on ESG for all potential investments, Hartnett said. "I give an overview or comment on every [private equity] ...

Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) rankings, but CFSCAM is seeking to push their performance in ESG integration further, said Will Oulton, global head of responsible investment, who was in Australia this week. "We think there are a lot ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian market will be most interested as well as the Dutch, will be in alternative sovereign debt tilting through ESG integration," he said. "Clients are seeking how a sovereign debt portfolio could be invested differently." Using the strategy, the ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... returns that we want to target," said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS. "We are trying to get that via ESG integration and the thematic allocation like these green bonds." Hartnett noted that the green bond appeals to LGS on a number of levels ...

AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... a company's performance in those six areas, the higher value the company produced. "This is the next level of ESG integration for the company," Christensen said. "ESG can add value, and we've developed a system to think through the key six areas to think ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The Africa Sustainable Investment Forum ( AfricaSIF.org ), a pan-African network promoting investment in sustainable development, has launched a research project to gauge how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are integrated into investment ...

Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... ESG and systemic issues was a major theme of the UN PRI conference last month in Rio Di Janeiro. "To date, most ESG integration and activity occurs at the company level, predominantly focused on alpha generation and preservation. Generally, it aims to ...