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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 ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Investor Survey on Climate Change Annual Report on Actions and Progress 2011 surveys the investment practices of 42 asset owners and 51 asset managers. It was commissioned by the Australia/New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change ( IGCC), the Institutional ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... stakeholders including civil society groups and members about their investment decisions. With There are 34 Australian asset owners that are signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and 76 investment manager signatories. Being a PRI ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... MSCI's global equity and ESG indices. "Demand for ESG integration is growing, but it remains a challenge for many asset owners and managers to assess how effectively ESG risks are taken into account," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... issue climate bonds for the broadband network." Climate-themed bonds provide a strong opportunity for Australian asset owners and fund managers, and Kidney said there is a demand from Australian investors. "We do think there is demand, and one of the ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... accountability mechanism through the reporting and assessment process and that's been in place since year one. That does allow asset owners to look more carefully at their investments and RI activities. We also have the mandatory transparency elements ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... that the key themes from the voting seasons were proxy advisors and their relationship with company directors and asset owners, the two strikes rule and the no vacancy rule. See Also: Share placements become governance issue for investors Governance ...

Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... diversity is appropriate. Diversity is a source of competitive advantage and differentiation. This poses a challenge for asset owners to select the right fund managers. Selecting the right fund manager requires some specialist knowledge, and the challenge ...