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CEFC publishes report on best practice initiatives for property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... investment decision making, drive the uptake of lower carbon and renewable energy solutions, and deliver real savings for asset owners and end users. NDY is proud to partner with the CEFC on this important resource. We hope these 50 best practice initiatives ...

Three quarters of Aussie investors use ESG in investment strategies: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Paribas Securities Services' head of Australia and New Zealand. "It's a big topic for a lot of people," he said. "Asset owners see that, at the very least, they need to have some ethical options that they can make available to investors. Some are taking ...

Australasian Investor Relations Association developing ESG engagement guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... fund managers, but increasingly, that cohort of sell side ESG analysts and ESG managers within the fund managers and asset owners, and many IR people are not subject experts when it comes to ESG issues," Matheson said. "Our view perhaps is that the IR ...

State Street, TruValue Labs to partner in development of AI-assisted ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... TruValue Labs gets is a group of people applying those models and discussing those models with the world's largest asset owners." TruValue Labs is currently using its AI algorithms to teach computer programs to analyse and incorporate data from more ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... economic inequality and tax avoidance are all key environmental, social and governance concerns for global institutional asset owners, according to a panel speaking at the annual Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference. From ...

Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Sixty percent of the world's 500 largest asset owners recognise the financial risks of climate change, the opportunities in the transition to the low carbon economy, and are taking action, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) Global ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... this get in, what factors did you take into account," said Jon Lukomnik, IRRCi executive director. Lukomnik said asset owners who use external fund managers can use the approaches to get precise definitions from the external managers on ESG integration ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... integration of ESG across portfolios and also varying levels of longevity of integration of ESG strategies - 40% of those asset owners with limited exposures have been using ESG investments for two years or less, while 18% of respondents globally have ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... on ESG to sector 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 ...

Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... surveys by [Japan Sustainable Investment Forum] JSIF that provided information for the first time on numerous large asset owners." Australia and NZ had the second highest growth rate, going from $148 billion in 2014 to $516 billion in 2015, an increase ...