Search Results

Showing 11 - 20 of 60 results for "UNPRI"

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has developed a carbon transition investment framework to identify and reduce climate risks in corporate bond portfolios. The framework has been developed to assist insurance and superannuation fund clients in particular ...

Northern Trust expands ESG Insights risk analytics suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... alignment to sustainable investment frameworks, such as those of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). This release has been designed to align with the reporting recommendations of the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... overall ESG strategy including its obligations as a signatory of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI). MBA GLI is majority owned by its co-founders and today manages over AU$5 billion for clients across North America, Europe ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... evolves. Realmuto LaPerla noted that a lender might want to know that counterparties who are ultimately borrowing assets are UNPRI members, without identifying who the borrowers who are or why they're incorporating this into their strategy. "[We have ...

MSCI Barra purchases data analytics firm Carbon Delta

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI), while mandatory disclosure requirements are developing across the European Union and North America, MSCI noted. The Carbon ...

PRI names six super funds to Leaders' Group for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... appointment and monitoring of external managers of shares and private equity. "We're proud to have been included in the UNPRI Leaders' Group," said Craig Turnbull, LGS chief investment officer. "The main aim of the UNPRI is to encourage investors to ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
While integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into long-term stock selections is a well analysed and discussed technique, there is less discussion of whether using ESG signals can be applied to shorting strategies. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

NZ Super earns A+ in UNPRI benchmark report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Super Fund has received an A+ in its 2016 benchmarking report by the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). The fund received an A+ for overall strategy and governance, well ahead of the median score of B for UNPRI signatories. ...

NZ Super publishes white paper on ESG beliefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... have coherent expectations for our managers. It also reflects an evolution in our own commitment to organisations like the UNPRI and our collaborations and such with organisations like RIAA." See Also: NZ Super Fund invests in View Glass NZ Super Fund ...

NZ Super Fund releases PRI report, assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... new reporting and assessment methodology, and this year's assessment was a pilot project. This is NZ Super's first public UNPRI report on its responsible investment performance since 2011, the fund said. PRI signatories are required to publicly report ...