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NZ Super excludes nuclear base operators from investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has decided to exclude a group of nuclear base operators because they are involved in programs to extend the life of nuclear stockpiles in the United States and United Kingdom. The NZ$22bn NZ Superannuation Fund will ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has created an emerging markets equities index integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens and has launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can be used as a quantitative measure to construct an equities portfolio that generate improved active returns and better ESG ratings, according to research from MSCI. Michael Salvatico MSCI have released ...

RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has hired Simon O'Connor as its new chief executive. O'Connor comes to RIAA from the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), where he was leading economic advisor. While at ACF, he played a ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Australian investors are examining impact investments opportunities both domestically and overseas and are part of a growing pool of investors globally that are allocating funds to impact investments. As investors seek out investments that provide both ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Globally, the green building market has more growth potential in the Asia-Pacific and Europe than in North America, according to research from MSCI. In the latest MSCI ESG IVA Industry Report: Real Estate, MSCI benchmarks 70 of the largest real estate ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The historically high price of oil is fuelling the economics of unconventional petroleum projects, but investors must factor in greater risk from environmental liabilities such as marine hydrocarbon spills and ongoing operational costs when assessing ...

MSCI expands ESG research to fixed income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
MSCI has broadened its ESG research coverage to include fixed income, offering data to investors for integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment process and measuring ESG risk exposure. MSCI's ESG research now covers ...

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 ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics, a reporting tool to help fund managers and institutional investors assess the ESG characteristics and risk profile of an equity portfolio. MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics reports include portfolio and index ...