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| | | Regnan, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) engagement and advocacy service, has hired Dr Kevin Branton as a senior analyst. Branton comes to Regnan with 20 years' experience at firms including Maple-Brown Abbott, Merrill Lynch, and ABN AMRO. ... |
| | | | AMP Capital has developed a list of companies exposed to the most emissions-intensive fossil fuels that they will exclude from their Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) funds range. Ian Woods, AMP Capital RIL is a range of fund of funds with a long-term ... |
| | | | One hundred of the world's largest companies made investments in social programs valued at US$12.2 billion in 2013, but less than a third of those companies are reporting on the impact of those investments, according to a new global report by KPMG International. ... |
| | | | ... with but greater cost effectiveness and whilst satisfying LUCRF's ESG objectives." McIntosh also noted Northern Trust's quant-driven approach to the mandate. "They're using a quantitative risk management framework," McIntosh said. "The portfolio relative ... |
| | | | AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is currently developing an impact investment fund of funds strategy, a response to growing client interest to invest into the space. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM AXA IM has allocated ... |
| | | | Three new Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodologies have been endorsed by the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee (DOIC), according to the Department of the Environment. DOIC has endorsed a methodology that "reduc[es] greenhouse gas emissions in ... |
| | | | Companies that lead in corporate responsibility are linking sustainability progress with remuneration and have strong stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC ... |
| | | | Incorporating a quality factor overlay into a portfolio that integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can add "significant excess return" to ESG portfolios, according to Northern Trust. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research ... |
| | | | ... where other quantitative strategies, such as optimisation, can be beneficial, said Temple of JANA Investment Advisers. "With quant strategies, where a client really wants to have ESG integrated but is concerned about tracking error and diversification ... |
| | | | ... operating in a changing landscape, it makes sense to pay attention. We will see how that manifests itself in index funds, in quant funds, in hedge funds - there are all different ways of thinking about ESG and how to establish the appropriate weights ... |
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