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The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... discussion of whether using ESG signals can be applied to shorting strategies. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil But there are fund managers that use ESG data for shorting purposes, and say that using the technique can add alpha to a fund's performance, and ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Core Civic and GEO Group, two companies at the heart of an organised grassroots campaign against US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention, have been flagged for controversies under MSCI 's ESG ratings system. For the US grassroots groups ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... financial system. He has worked as an economist for the Australian Treasury, the Reserve Bank, the International Monetary Fund and as an advisor to two successive Federal Treasurers and the Prime Minister. He also served eight years as the Federal Member ...

A4S to address sustainability, disclosure at World Congress of Accountants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... of the equation - what CFOs can do to engage their shareholders around sustainability issues, particularly the mainstream fund managers." A4S also has a network of pension fund trustee chairs to share knowledge around climate change risk and mitigation ...

GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Government Pension Investment Fund for Japan (GPIF) has selected two carbon efficient indices from S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) as the benchmark for their ESG investment strategy. S&P DJI has launched the S&P Global Carbon Efficient Indices include ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between UNDP and the Impact Management Project (IMP), an initiative housed by Bridges Fund Management that has achieved consensus with hundreds of investors and their representatives on what it means to deliver ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Future Business Generation has called on the superannuation industry to provide more sophistication in climate risk assessment and management, on behalf of Millennials that will retire in the post-2030 world. Oshadee Siyaguna, committee member of Future ...

Local Government Super becomes signatory to Green Bond Pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... need to incorporate mitigation, adaptation and resilience to climate impacts." LGS was the first Australian superannuation fund to invest in a green bond in 2012, and currently has $150 million in green or climate assets. Other founding signatories include ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... covers 666 private entities, representing 75 of IPE's Top 100 Real Estate Investment Managers (participating with at least one fund). This year, GRESB featured a voluntary resilience module, which attracted 114 standing real estate investment portfolios ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... individuals to identify discrepancies in things such as executive remuneration and disclosure. The AXA IM Sustainable Equity Fund actively takes into account such issues when assessing companies in which to invest." The AXA IM Sustainable Equity Fund ...