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Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... dollar-denominated fixed rate investments that meet the Australian Ethical charter. Australian Ethical has managed fixed income securities for 20 years as part of its balanced trust, but decided to create a separate fixed interest trust as a separate ...

Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Initiative. The Solactive Green Bond Index is the first in the market globally to provide exposure to green bonds - fixed income securities that raise capital to fund projects with specific environmental benefits like climate impact mitigation and/or ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate in Sydney covering how to incorporate ESG analysis into the design and oversight of fixed income portfolios ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosures from signatories about policies and practices in asset class-specific modules covering listed equities, fixed income, private equity, property, infrastructure, and inclusive finance. PRI said an average signatory will need to complete five ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... profile - the PRI cites a 2013 study by Towers Watson that found the average pension fund has 34% of its portfolio in fixed income. "While ESG analysis has been applied increasingly to equities, few have put it to the test in fixed income until now," ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... and Seoul. Mariner said in a statement that it will use MSCI ESG Research to analyse the ESG characteristics of its fixed income and long-short investments. "With the assistance of MSCI ESG Research's ratings and analytics, we now have a platform that ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... strategy," Christensen said. "In terms of the asset focus of impact investing, it is less about equities and more about fixed income and alternatives. Also, if you think of investing as a continuum, if you have a line and we put that line through mainstream ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... real value add as a discussion and a deep constructive feedback process." See Also: AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... of plugging in gaps as well. We have a lot in place in the equities space and we are doing a lot of work with the fixed income space. Some of the alternative [assets] are where we probably have to fill some gaps." The assessment methodology is still ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Barclays and MSCI have launched a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income indices based on three categories of strategies. Laura Nishikawa, vice president and head of fixed income ESG research, MSCI ESG Research The Barclays ...