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SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... screens out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. Jonathan Shead, head of portfolio strategies, Asia Pacific, SSGA The State Street International Equities Index Trust Ex Tobacco Ex Controversial Weapons has already attracted investment ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) data as part of its research and factor-based portfolio construction, and clients in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific are interested in building ESG data into their mandates, said Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI group industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... corporate sustainability assessment (CSA), from which the indices are built. There were 615 invited companies from Asia Pacific, DJSI said. This is the ninth time that Westpac has been recognised as industry group leader. "Retaining global sector leadership ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services becomes PRI Signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... detailed information on how investments and benchmarks rank against a range of ESG factors. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance at BNP Paribas Securities Services, previously told The Sustainability Report that ESG ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... (ESG) information, while other countries in Asia lag in the amount and quality of their disclosures, according to the Asia Pacific head of Blackrock's Investment Stewardship team. Pru Bennett, head of BlackRock's Investment Stewardship team for the Asia ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... warning companies to do more on sustainability reporting. They've been our focus. We're also developing a broader Asia Pacific strategy - how we join up Asia, Australia the Pacific region and have a broader plan. We'll end up having a regional hub in ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... exposures to fossil fuels as a percentage of assets under management. Pablo Berrutti,head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, CFSGAM CFSGAM has published its ninth annual responsible investment and stewardship report,which details the ways in which ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment processes continue to grow across Asia Pacific markets, but in diverse fashions and influenced by variable regulatory and market considerations, according to Ronnie ...

Impact Investing Australia launches inaugural Australian survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... institutions having a higher expectation of market returns than other sectors, noted Brad Potter, Director of the Asia Pacific Social Impact Centre at the University of Melbourne and a co-author of the report. In a panel discussion following the report's ...

Global Reporting Initiative to open Manila Office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... office in Manila, Philippines as part of plans to increase its presence in the ASEAN region. Michael Meehan, GRI CEO Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region for corporate responsibility reporting in the last four years, "largely driven by mandatory ...