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Investors integrating ESG into securities lending: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... securities in short term money markets meet ESG criteria, Chua says. "They're looking at things like commercial paper, sovereign debt and corporate debt and then applying the ESG scores," Chua says. "This is where we get an investible set. The other ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... like a 16 to 29% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2025 on equity and corporate debt," Baker said. "Phase 2 is around sovereign debt being included. There are absolute or intensity base reductions required, sector specific reductions, recommendations around ...

Northern Trust scores win in Vanguard reversal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... will use a factor-based strategy using quality and value factors, with an ESG and carbon reduction overlay. In sovereign debt, Northern Trust will stick to the index strategy that Vanguard ran for ANZ Investments. n equities, Northern Trust is taking ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Investment, a global investment manager, has developed a country rating model to explore how ESG factors affect sovereign debt portfolios. Insight Investment believes that ESG factors can be material, but "the tools to identify and consider those risks ...

Green Bond issuance up 50% on first half of 2016: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... to find a treasurer who wasn't a fan afterwards and happy to say so on the public record." In January, France's sovereign debt agency, Agence France Tresor (AFT) issued a â,¬7 billion 22-year green bond. Thus far in 2017, the French sovereign bond ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... of research into companies that are improving their water usage. See Also: Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... in credit, 85% indicated they consider ESG factors within their investment process. Out of the 47 responses from sovereign debt managers, 68% indicated they consider ESG factors, JANA reported. JANA, an asset consultant to institutional investors, regards ...

Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Political dysfunction in the United States has affected BlackRock's rating of its willingness to repay sovereign debt, according to the quarterly update of the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI). The BSRI focused on the US and what it labels the ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... PRI has released a discussion paper exploring the link between ESG factors and credit risk in the US%47 trillion sovereign debt market. Asset owner such as pension funds invest in sovereign debt because of a perceived lower risk profile - the PRI cites ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... focus on board diversity strategies and the use of ESG factors across a broader range of asset classes such as sovereign debt. Christensen in particular highlighted impact investing as an area of focus, particularly for the Australian market. AXA IM ...