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Cutting the carbon without sacrificing return: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... sacrificing returns, and may achieve outperformance, according to research from UBS. UBS identified 25 stocks from the MSCI World index which are buy or neutral rated They compared them to stocks which are sell or neutral rated and have a very high carbon ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... provider, we are in the process of using the Corporate Biodiversity Footprint for our portfolios against the MSCI World index to see the results, and that work will be ready by the end of the year." BNP Paribas Asset Management is also evaluating its ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian share portfolio is based on the ASX 300 index, while the international share portfolio is based on the MSCI World Index ex-Australia (for Overseas Shares), with negative screens applied using the Rest ESG criteria. This results in an 'Acceptable ...

ESG investing growing strongly in Asia: J.P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Integrating ESG or sustainability does not compromise on returns, Hui said. Hui pointed to a comparison of the MSCI World Index and the MSCI World ESG leaders, which tilts towards companies that outperform against MSCI's ESG ratings, which he noted have ...

Global fund manager launches local climate transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... it has an almost 100 % reduction in potential carbon emissions of the strategy against the parent benchmark, MSCI World Index. Bennett likened the impact of heavy emitting companies to the pareto principle - that the majority of the consequences come ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Emerging Markets index to the same date. By comparison, the MSCI ACWI had a year to date return of 1.77% and the MSCI World index had a return of 2.12%. It has long been a perception that ESG data in emerging markets has lagged that of developed markets. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... traditional risk factors, you could see some historical outperformance." Huang cited BlackRock research across the MSCI World index that demonstrates that companies that have the highest rate of carbon emissions reductions also demonstrate outperformance. ...