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RealIndex appoints former Acadian executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... where she was a senior portfolio manager, and Blackrock, where she was a portfolio manager within scientific equities, ran index portfolios and was head of sustainable investment in Australia. Nash holds a CFA accreditation, has a PhD in economics from ...

FTSE Russell enhances Green Revenues data model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the mark has been awarded to 86 issuers across London markets. The data model is also used to underpin several prominent index series including the FTSE Russell TPI Climate Transition index and the FTSE Environmental Markets Index series. "Investors ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Morningstar. Morningstar tracked the growth of sustainable passive funds, that as of June 30, 2020, there were 534 sustainable index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds globally, with collective assets under management of $250 billion. Both the number ...

Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has announced they will reduce their absolute carbon emissions by 45% across their portfolio by 2030. The $54 billion industry super fund has announced a new Climate Change Roadmap, under which Cbus will put in place processes to achieve ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... research companies with controlling shareholders and companies that are family-owned, and examined companies on the MSCI ACWI index that has either a significant shareholder with a greater than 50% share of the company and companies that are founder ...

Australian business environment amongst world's most resilient: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Global Australia FM Global provides an annual assessment of nearly 130 countries through the annual FM Global Resilience Index. The index assesses countries' business resilience and provides information about countries' economic, risk quality and supply ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and how far are companies taking actions which comply with national commitments under the Paris Agreement. Cap-weighted index funds as their favourite passive vehicle of choice, cited by 70% of respondents, and 89% treat equities as their favourite underlying ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG options, according to research from Rainmaker Information. While the overall Rainmaker MySuper investment performance index ended 2019-2020 with an annual average return of -0.9%, the Rainmaker ESG Diversified Index returned 0.3% over the financial ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas has issued $140 million in equity-linked green bonds based on a forward-looking climate index of ASX-listed companies. Mike Watanabe, managing director, head of equity derivatives, Australia The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), First ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... are," Bernhardt said. Responding to these concerns, Informed 365 has developed and launched the Informed 365 Slavery Risk Index, which gives clients a high level risk rating of suppliers based on the country of operation and the industry in which they ...