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MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatories and is increasingly being mandated and scrutinized by asset owners," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ESG research. Institutional investors require coverage of ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... investment decisions and how they engage with invested companies on ESG-related topics. It is worth noting that 34 asset owners - including superannuation funds - are signatories to the UNPRI, which calls for voluntary commitments around disclosure and ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... risk considerations have evolved from a fringe area of investment management to become mainstream calculations. But asset owners and managers are seeking further integration into fixed income and cash asset allocations, and there is more work to be done ...

ACSI CEO elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Advisory Council, PRI's strategic governance body. Ann Byrne Byrne is one of six candidates to join the board. Two are asset owners -Else Bos, chief executive of investments at Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), and Priya Sara Mathur ...

Four Australians up for election to UNPRI council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... competing for two seats on the council, while 31 investment manager/service providers are running four seats for non-asset owners. The Advisory Council is the governance body for the PRI. The new governance structure of the PRI Advisory Council will ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... even as the pressure rises on companies to disclose how they manage ESG risks, reporting of how asset managers and asset owners like superannuation funds use this information to achieve stated sustainability goals is voluntary and non-standard, leading ...

MSCI launches 25 new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Briand, global head of index and ESG research at MSCI. "They broaden and deepen our ESG index line-up, enabling both asset owners and asset managers to implement a growing range of ESG strategies." The MSCI ESG Indices were launched in September 2010 ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Large asset owners that own a slice of country's economy and market through their portfolios are exposed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that might impact long-term value, but they have the ability to use that economic and financial ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Investor Survey on Climate Change Annual Report on Actions and Progress 2010 surveys the investment practices of 44 asset owners and 46 asset managers. It was commissioned by the Australia/New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change ( IGCC), the Institutional ...

Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... mismatch when you talk of the longer-term issues of ESG versus the timeline of the investor? AM: What we see some asset owners do is appoint longer term mandates that have rolling 5 year performance targets rather than annual performance targets. We ...