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Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... products, and a number of these companies are within the ASX200," Verwey said. "Within the fossil fuel free financial/fixed income space, there are increasingly more options as well, particularly with second tier banks and mutual banks identifying that ...

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
A majority of global fixed income managers say they consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment process, according to a survey by JANA. Steven Carew, head of investment research and outcomes, JANA JANA received responses ...

Barclays, MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... MSCI have agreed to launch a Green Bond Index, a new addition to their environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income benchmark index series. The Green Bond Index will reflect those bonds funding projects with direct environmental benefits ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... dollar-denominated fixed rate investments that meet the Australian Ethical charter. Australian Ethical has managed fixed income securities for 20 years as part of its balanced trust, but decided to create a separate fixed interest trust as a separate ...

Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Initiative. The Solactive Green Bond Index is the first in the market globally to provide exposure to green bonds - fixed income securities that raise capital to fund projects with specific environmental benefits like climate impact mitigation and/or ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate in Sydney covering how to incorporate ESG analysis into the design and oversight of fixed income portfolios ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosures from signatories about policies and practices in asset class-specific modules covering listed equities, fixed income, private equity, property, infrastructure, and inclusive finance. PRI said an average signatory will need to complete five ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... profile - the PRI cites a 2013 study by Towers Watson that found the average pension fund has 34% of its portfolio in fixed income. "While ESG analysis has been applied increasingly to equities, few have put it to the test in fixed income until now," ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... and Seoul. Mariner said in a statement that it will use MSCI ESG Research to analyse the ESG characteristics of its fixed income and long-short investments. "With the assistance of MSCI ESG Research's ratings and analytics, we now have a platform that ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... strategy," Christensen said. "In terms of the asset focus of impact investing, it is less about equities and more about fixed income and alternatives. Also, if you think of investing as a continuum, if you have a line and we put that line through mainstream ...