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Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... analysts across the organisation. We did 25 interviews and handpicked the organisations, brought asset owners and asset managers that are in the vanguard on this issue. The one thing they mentioned is that instead of having ESG as an isolated group ...

Video: Aligning Your Investments with the Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... implications of the SDGSs, the ways in which the SDGs can be applied to investment strategies, how investors and asset managers can calculate the impacts of their investments and other issues. Aligning Your Investments with the Sustainable Development ...

Queensland Treasury Corporation issues $750m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Rolling Stock, various cycleways, and Sunshine Coast Solar Farm. The majority of the bond - 77% - was taken up by asset managers, with 13.2% uptake by insurers/pension funds, 4.2% by trading books, 3.3% by banks, 2% by official institutions and 0.2% ...

ACSI appoints two new members to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... investors in the capital markets. ACSI has 29 Australian members, including profit-to-member superannuation funds and asset managers who manage money for the profit-to-members sector. They collectively manage over $450 billion in assets on behalf of ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... BHP Billiton in its ESG Rating Research, a move that could impact on the portfolio construction and screens of asset managers and owners around the world. Michael Salvatico, executive director, MSCI MSCI recently held a webinar to discuss the circumstances ...

Louise Davidson joins International Integrated Reporting Council board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), which represents 35 Australian and international superannuation funds and asset managers, I believe it's vital for businesses to consider wider value creation factors when developing their strategy," Davidson ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services becomes PRI Signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Paribas Securities Services launched ESG Risk Analytics, a reporting service designed to allow asset owners and asset managers to integrate ESG factors into decision-making processes by providing detailed information on how investments and benchmarks ...

Climate Bond Initiative releases climate performance data for buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Wall, director, Flux Consultants and LCB Technical Working Group lead specialist. "Institutional investors and asset managers now have a robust, evidence-based screening tool and green assurance mechanism to help guide property investment decisions." ...

New Zealand responsible investment tops NZ$78bn: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... corporate engagement and voting, and sustainability themed investments. The report is based on data supplied by 18 asset managers, super funds, financial advisers, and community investment managers through a data collection survey, consisting of the ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... impact investments, community finance and corporate engagement. According to the RIAA benchmark report, 15 leading asset managers implementing the ESG integration approach manage a total of AU$582 billion in assets under management, representing 43% ...