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Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Robeco Carola van Lamoen, head of active ownership at Robeco, recently outlined the approach to engagement, and how they benchmark their own process of engagement with companies. "Investors worldwide have joined forces to engage companies on their climate ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... convertible bond at 1.6% p.a. "The Link REIT green bond in Hong Kong is particularly interesting because it's the first benchmark convertible green bond," she said. "It's so important to see the continued expansion of the market instrument space, and ...

ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Asset Management integrates MSCI ESG data into the quantitative strategy, and targets premium ESG scores compared to the benchmark, and the resulting portfolio shows 20-30% volatility reduction relative to the benchmark, with higher quality, higher ESG ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... MySuper options in superannuation funds with responsible investment strategies outperform the balance of the MySuper benchmark by around 100 basis points over each time period, RIAA found in its Responsible Investment Super Study 2019. "This moves us ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... decline." Since inception in February 2018, the trust has delivered a +12.7% p.a. return net of fees, outperforming the benchmark by +7.1% p.a, Perennial Value Management noted.

Cromwell Property Group on value of sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Real estate investor and manager Cromwell Property Group recently achieved a FY19 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) score of 86/100, including a governance score of 91/100, and a rating of AA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) in the 2019 MSCI ...

TCorp reports on use of proceeds for initial $1.8 billion Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... time we've reported on the use of proceeds," said Fiona Trigona, head of funding and balance sheet, TCorp. "Unlike our Benchmark bond issuance, issuing a Green Bond does require extra reporting especially with respect to the use of proceeds and its outcomes. ...

Colonial First State launches Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Gifford's Global Stewardship UK composite has achieved a net return of 5.7% p.a. over the MSCI All Country World Index benchmark (as at 30 June 2019). Baillie Gifford has been an investment manager within CFS' FirstChoice Multi-Manager portfolios for ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian listed equities benchmark has slightly less unmanaged environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk than benchmarks in the US, UK and Canada, with the exception of the Australian materials sector, which has relatively more risk than ...

RIAA launches refreshed Certification Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... requirement Accounts for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues Mandatory disclosures - holdings, performance, benchmark, investable universe, sustainability outcomes and engagement and voting practices Active stewards - stewardship practices ...