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PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... investing is increasingly an important focus for many of our clients, yet there is a shortage of compelling ESG-oriented fixed income solutions available to investors," said Adrian Stewart, head of PIMCO Australia and New Zealand. "Having spent the last ...

S&P DJI launches Green Bond Select Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... heart of this, is the second generation of green bond indices, which are more streamlined and more aligned with wider fixed income propositions, including growth, transparency around the definition of green and an additional layer of eligibility criteria ...

AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... shareholders, employees, the community and the environment." The $440 million in tobacco manufacturers is held in fixed income and equities, while AMP Capital didn't specify the asset class or classes of the $130 million in cluster munitions and landmines. ...

NAB launches social bond focusing on companies, gender equality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... specifically on gender equality. Eva Zileli, head of group funding, NAB The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income obligation open to institutional investors. Participating investors will finance or refinance organisations that the Workplace ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank launch Socially Responsible Growth Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... social and corporate governance considerations into their asset selection," primarily applied to listed shares and fixed income asses, according to fund material. Sandhurst Trustees has selected Russel Investment Management, AXA Investment Managers ...

Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Principles for Responsible Investment will also restart the infrastructure working group as well as continue the fixed income working group's efforts. Reynolds noted that given that US President Donald Trump had campaigned on increasing infrastructure ...

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 ...