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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... 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 "mostly matched or outperformed the broader ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Aviva Investors has launched a fund a climate-change fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... tends to be true also in Australia, although super funds that search hard enough can get useful rules-based ESG screens and tilts on equity portfolios (as opposed to fully integrated, actively researched ESG insights), with reporting transparency, without ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... portfolio strategies to mitigate specific ESG risks. One way that you could take the MEIs into account is to develop sector tilts that work towards mitigating different types of ESG risk. For example, if you're working towards, say, mitigating human ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... higher ESG ratings, and those with higher ESG momentum - companies that have seen recent ratings upgrades," Lew said. "It tilts away from those with poorer ESG scores- the ESG laggards, those with declining ESG ratings." The strategy was developed based ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... investigation. The report suggests that investors can "improve their portfolio exposure to incidents through a tilting strategy. The tilts, which range from +0.5% for the Technology industry to -0.2% for Consumer Goods, are based on the base weights ...

New super funds use technology, responsible investment focus to reach members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... focus on responsible investing. "Most of them are positioning themselves as responsible or ethical, or offering options or tilts towards ethical or sustainable themes," said Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). ...

Three quarters of Aussie investors use ESG in investment strategies: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... said. "That's a proactive statement by the asset owners and asset managers." That additional uptake may be through positive tilts and may come from private market, or alternative asset exposures, Braga said. "The data we did get demonstrates they are ...

BetaShares launches ETHI sustainability-themed ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... management fee of 49 basis points, "plus a max 10 basis points for expense recovery," Vynokur said. The ETF also has positive tilts towards companies that "stand to benefit from global trends towards sustainability and healthy living," he said. Those ...

Majority of 50 largest super funds have RI approach: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Sustainability themed investing, most frequently cited in private equity, property, infrastructure and commodities. Low-carbon tilts were the most common theme. Five funds - 10% - cited positive/best-in-class screening as either a primary or secondary ...