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Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... multi-asset strategy began applying negative screens in 2017, and within each theme, the fund excludes tobacco, controversial weapons, fossil fuels, GMO plants and seeds, gambling, companies that receive more than 5% of revenue from the sale of alcoholic ...

ESG in fixed income more than green bonds: Daintree

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... out coal and energy extraction companies on environmental grounds, among other exclusions such as tobacco, controversial weapons, and, for New Zealand-based clients, whale meat and cannabis. Daintree's fossil fuel exclusions are based on analysis of ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... of exclusion from investment in controversial areas, with a 85 funds excluding tobacco and 81 excluding controversial weapons - companies that derive a significant portion of revenue from nuclear weapons, land mines, cluster munitions, etc. Gambling ...

State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... rankings to improve ESG characteristics. The S&P/ASX 200 ESG Index excludes companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons, companies with low UNGC Scores and the lowest 25% of companies within industry groups, ranked by S&P DJI ESG Scores ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... latest evolution of a fund launched in 2016, which initially screened out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. Two years ago, the firm announced it was changing the fund's index to one which, relative to the MSCI World ex-Australia ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... most harmful industries are avoided in their investment. We see again that exclusions across tobacco and controversial weapons are common and cover 60% of the funds with baseline exclusions." The growing application of responsible investment strategies ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... underlying manager research includes review of approach to sustainable investing; exclusion of tobacco and controversial weapons; and ongoing engagement with portfolio companies via Hermes stewardship overlay. "We like to have a very concentrated portfolio ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... human rights, at 22%, while 4% of total AUM screened out negative performers on human rights. By contrast, controversial weapons searches accounted for 10% of consumer searches, but 31% of AUM and tobacco had 9% search and has 30% exclusions by weighted ...

Australian funds join international controversial weapons call

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... First State have signed on to a global institutional investor statement calling on index providers to remove controversial weapons from mainstream indices. The open letter was sent to FTSE Russell, Morningstar, MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices and STOXX. ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... market capitalisation in markets, the strategy excludes "a small number of companies" based on manufacture of controversial weapons, companies where more than 10% of revenue is garnered from thermal coal, and companies that are red-flagged for violation ...