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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. ...

SSGA Global Index Plus Trust to exclude tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... excluding tobacco and controversial weapons without changing the headline benchmark of the fund from an unconstrained MSCI World index." The excluded companies have significant business activities involving tobacco and making cluster bombs, landmines ...

Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... approach regarding the SDGs. MSCI recently released a report showing that Australian listed companies in the MSCI World Index derive less of their revenue from activities related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) than their peers in the ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
Australian listed companies in the MSCI World Index derive less of their revenue from activities related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) than their peers in the rest of the index, according to MSCI. Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG ...