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NZ Super earns A+ in UNPRI benchmark report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... also received A or A+ ratings across all the specific asset class categories it reported on to the UNPRI, including fixed income, listed equity, and private equity. The UNPRI is the internationally accepted benchmark for how institutional investors should ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... size of the market means that there are opportunities for investors who wish to allocate towards climate-aligned fixed income, despite the capacity constraints in the labelled market. "Clearly, the first statistic is the scale of climate-aligned bonds ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
There is continued interest in integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into fixed income portfolios and funds on the retail and institutional side in Australia, but fund managers find that while retail investment in ESG ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... monitoring process, developing and implementing an ESG impact monitoring and reporting system, adding ESG data to global fixed income and credit systems and improving their PRI scores across categories. Berrutti particularly highlighted proxy voting ...

UCA Funds Management publishes annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Our positive investments in the health and community services sectors also did well. Our management of our cash and fixed income securities was also quite effective." UCA Funds management also disbursed AU$3.19 million in grants "to support the mission ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... manages mandates where institutional clients have specified that they want an allocation to green bonds as part of a fixed income portfolio, said Kristen Leonard AMP Capital senior portfolio manager "We've had a number of clients come on board in recent ...

AMP Capital hire Kristen Le Mesurier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... to the ESG Investment Research team, which provides proprietary investment insights to AMP Capital's equities and fixed income investment teams. The team also actively engages with companies and other stakeholders on a range of ESG issues, which are ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... consideration and action for PRI, other activities in the past year have included applying responsible investment analysis to fixed income, Reynolds said. See Also: PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... to exploration, ownership or extraction of fossil fuels. Recently, London Stock Exchange launched a full range of fixed income segments specifically designed for green bond issuance, which is geared at promoting greater transparency in the fixed income ...

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... incorporation is most advanced typically in listed equities, and integrating climate change risk into analysis of fixed income issuance is "possible and underway" to some degree. "The next stage of this project will assist asset owners in setting a goal ...