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BNP Paribas Securities Services becomes PRI Signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... issues." In June, BNP 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 ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Exploring ESG, a Practitioner's Perspective, which analyses ESG issues as a fiduciary investor acting on behalf of asset owners. BlackRock states that ESG information can be "meaningfully accretive to fundamental financial and investment analysis, the ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... company and country level, and clearly the countries that have to lead on that," Bell said. On the investor side, asset owners and asset managers are also integrating the parts of the goals that apply to them. The Principles for Responsible Investment ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... that they determine are not being answered by companies around ESG issues at the end of their reports, such that asset owners and fund managers can pick up and pursue gaps in information for enhanced engagement with their invested companies. See Also ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Three Australian superannuation funds have achieved the highest mark of AAA in the 2016 Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s 2016 benchmark index. AODP this week released the 2016 Global Climate 500 Index, which rates the world's 500 biggest asset ...

MSCI launch MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... September 2015. "This framework was developed following a client consultation with more than 25 of the world's leading asset owners and managers, who agreed that there is room for new impact-oriented thematic investment approaches in public equity markets," ...

Q&A: Madeleine Senior, Bert Rebelo, Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... servicing provider. As a custodian, Northern Trust oversees more than AU$200 billion in assets and is the custodian for asset owners including the Future Fund, CSC, QIC, IAG, ACT Treasury and Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS). In 2015, Northern ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... existing property stock, along with ensuring new developments perform far better than current infrastructure, will help asset owners or managers secure investment returns and tackle climate change." Buildings consume around 40% of the world's energy ...

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... processes is not going to stop," Oulton said. "It's not going to reverse, and in our minds, the question is how fast. Asset owners have a lot of issues to manage and deal with... I think this is a point that some clients will be interested in. They understand ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... signals, such as a price on carbon, soft laws - regulatory bodies statements and codes and practices promulgated by the asset owners themselves is having a large effect on changing behaviours as well, Sarr said. "The push is coming from the regulators," ...