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PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision and what actions actors - including asset owners and investment managers - can take to make capital markets more sustainable. The PRI's new work stream is the result of the ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... While responsible investment assets still represent a small piece of the overall asset management industry, large asset owners in the Asian region are building their expertise in the area. ASrIA points to Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) as one ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... to the way companies are managed. "The key focus of the project is issuers and their shareholders, but obviously asset owners are an important part of the chain," said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investment, Asia-Pacific at Mercer. "We're focusing ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has released a global climate investment index ranking the world's largest institutional asset owners on how they invest to manage climate risk. Australia's Local Government Super (LGS) was ranked the top institutional ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... chain are not well aligned for complex for long term issues like unconventional gas extraction and so consequently asset owners and asset managers are likely to have different areas of focus that are best served by working together to insure all material ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... decisions. According to a PRI survey, 137 signatories have some exposure to hedge fund instruments, including 74 asset owners. The paper examines how those asset owners can evaluate hedge fund strategies from the perspective of preserving the health ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... legal risks in the event of financial losses caused by the impacts of climate change, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). While superannuation and pension funds have an understanding of the risks to assets that climate ...

MSCI expands ESG research to fixed income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... is a major part of investors' holdings across the world and there is a growing demand for tools that will enable asset owners and asset managers to integrate ESG across asset classes," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... outlined it in a paper, Sustainable investing - we need a bigger boat. The framework covers organisational design for asset owners through the investment decision making process, risk management framework and governance, factor-based, thematic and asset ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. "The PRI Clearinghouse supports some of the world's leading asset owners and investment managers to be active owners of the assets in their portfolios, and they have signalled several areas they believe ...