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ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... significant constraint; it's about getting the knowledge and the skills and the capacities to get on with it." Editor's note: MSCI, in conjunction with The Sustainability Report, will host a panel discussion on Dec. 8 examining the investment risks and ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... questions over the long term prospects and investment value of mining projects in Queensland, according to a recent report by MSCI. Chris Vernon, senior analyst at MSCI Australia, authored an issue brief looking at the environmental, social and governance ...

Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Lux-Inflection Point Zero Carbon (ZC) in mid-June. It is a long-only Luxembourg SICAV sub-fund. The fund's benchmark is the MSCI All-Country World Index, with Inflection Point Capital Mangement's carbon finance research underpinning the selection process. ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Northern Trust said in the paper. " Over an analysis period of slightly more than four years, our solution outperformed the MSCI World index by over 2% per year while realizing modest tracking error and significantly reducing the carbon footprint. " ...

Video: Fossil Fuel Divestment Exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... to a report co-authored by pension fund AP4 and Amundi, Hedging Climate Risk, as one example. The panel was sponsored by MSCI and Amundi Asset Management Australia. Moderated by Rachel Alembakis, publisher of The Sustainability Report, the panel featured ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... time being, the risks that tend to be identified tend to be around intangible value assessment, but we are looking using the MSCI platform as a tool, and we can offer a report to clients reporting that basically gives them their intangible value risk ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... (FIWA). The strategy currently has AU$70 million in assets under management and has posted a return of 5% of its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex- Australia Index (AUD). The AXA IM ESG SmartBeta strategy combines AXA Rosenberg's SmartBeta quantitative strategy ...

Barclays, MSCI launch green bond index series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Barclays and MSCI 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 ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... and see what's coming out. We can also provide data analytics around benchmarks - what are the exposures on the ASX200, the MSCI World Index, etc." Economic trends and developments are influencing the policies and decisions for institutional investors ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report, Alexis Cheang, principal, senior responsible investment consultant, Mercer, Michael Salvatico, vice president, MSCI ESG Research A panel of experts spoke on the issue of fossil fuel divestment this week at a panel hosted by The ...