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State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate ESG International Equity Fund "seeks to achieve capital growth and income in line with the MSCI World ex-Australia Index, subject to delivering climate and ESG objectives." "Australians don't need reminding of the risks of climate change," said ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... uncertainty. The fund had returns of 2.79% for the twelve months ending 31 March, versus a -7.77% return for the MSCI World Index over the same period. The strategy also has "little exposure to carbon-intensive businesses such as travel, oil and energy ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... equity indices, such as the S&P 500 and FTSE 100, have experienced their worst quarter since 1987. The MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI), an index of equities from developed and emerging markets, fell by a third from its peak in early February ...

Morningstar acquires outstanding majority of Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... industry's first sustainability rating for funds, rooted in Sustainalytics' company-level ESG ratings; a global sustainability index family; and a large span of sustainable portfolio analytics that includes carbon metrics and controversial product involvement ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... as reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability and is benchmarked to deliver returns over the the MSCI World Index over three months, one and three years, Watson said. RIAA's Responsible Investment Certification recognises products that align ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... demonstrating that, you have to wonder about the quality of the business." In 2018, MSCI ESG Research examined the MSCI USA Index Share to evaluate the impacts of share buyback schemes on US large cap companies. The study noted that buybacks have become ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... outperformance. Fair is down 20.77% year to date, while the broader ASX200 is down 25.99%, and Ethi is down 7.78% while the MSCI world index is down 10.26%, according to BetaShares. Both ETHI and FAIR exclude companies with a material exposure to fossil ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Ratings' data feeds into the recently-launched FTSE Climate Risk-Adjusted European Monetary Union (EMU) Government Bond Index ('Climate EGBI'), which follows the launch of the FTSE Climate Risk-Adjusted World Government Bond index (Climate WGBI) in July ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... with that in mind," Dennis said. "We also can have the profile of a total portfolio to have a better ESG profile than the index that they're managing towards, and we can have that at different levels, depending on what the client is trying to achieve." ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has hired Helena Fung as head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, a newly created role. Helena Fung, head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, FTSE Russell Fung will be responsible for FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment indexes ...