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Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... defines responsible investment strategies as negative screening, impact investing, sustainability themed funds and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. The 2017 report examines trends from the previous calendar ...

Parametric explores integration of responsible investing in peer-constrained world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Concerns over peer risk and short-term underperformance versus long term performance need not constrain superannuation funds from implementing responsible investing ideas or strategies, according to research from Parametric Portfolio Associates. Jennifer ...

PRI, Willis Towers Watson partner on megatrends and impact on financial system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... financial system and the risks and opportunities for investors in terms of asset allocation, portfolio management, integration and active ownership. PRI has commissioned Willis Towers Watson to write the report, which will involve conducting interviews ...

Man Group appoints Steven Desmyter head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... methodology to underpin Man Group's ESG efforts. He will work across the firm's investment strategies, to support the integration of extra-financial factors and sustainability themes into investment processes across all asset classes, Man Group said. ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... option has exclusions applied to its equity portion, Simpson said. "Across other asset classes, VicSuper uses ESG integration," she said. "So the Socially Conscious option has the same asset as the rest of the fund - renewables are in there, for example. ...

State Street, TruValue Labs to partner in development of AI-assisted ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... signals. Street and TruValue Labs plan to collaborate on research and the development of new products and solutions for integration of sustainability insights into decision-making processes. "We are talking to a small set of clients that want to be beta ...

Neuberger Berman hires new head of environmental, social and governance investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... managers and other finance institutions on issues including investment strategy, organisational structure and ESG integration. Bailey has also worked on sustainability and governance investment projects for both former Vice President Al Gore and former ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... commissioned by the Investor Responsibility Research Centre Institute (IRRCi) has developed a typology for classifying integration strategies. Doug Morrow, associate director of thematic research, Sustainalytics IRRCi commissioned Sustainalytics to develop ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
A majority of investors based in Asia-Pacific said that integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies has "significantly improved returns," according to a survey conducted by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Kevin Anderson ...

Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... and impacts against the SDGS and defining priority goal areas. "The conversation is moving towards deeper business integration with the SDG agenda," she said. "Businesses are exploring how they can be understood in a more strategic way both in terms ...