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Westpac, Stockland named DJSI industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... also added BHP Billiton as one of the three largest addition to the indices by market capitalisation. The DJSI is a global index that tracks leading sustainability-driven companies based on RobecoSAM's analysis of financially material environmental ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Future Super and Thomson Reuters have launched two indices - the Thomson Reuters/Future Super Australia Fossil Free Index and Thomson Reuters/Future Super Australia Sustainable Leaders Index. Simon Sheikh, managing director, Future Super The indices ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... ahead of the benchmark of 8.09%, the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio returned 3.1%, against the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index benchmark of 5.3%. The UCA Capital Guaranteed Enhanced Cash Portfolio returned 3.95%, and the Development Fund and Funeral ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has launched the new FTSE All-World ex Coal index series omitting companies with exposures to coal or general mining companies with proved and probable coal reserves. The indexes FTSE methodology is based on the exclusion of companies whose ...

Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Carbon (ZC) in mid-June. It is a long-only Luxembourg SICAV sub-fund. The fund's benchmark is the MSCI All-Country World Index, with Inflection Point Capital Mangement's carbon finance research underpinning the selection process. The ZC fund is managed ...

NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... with New Zealand Superannuation Fund and look forward to helping them obtain efficient market exposure to their designated index, whilst supporting their goals for socially responsible investing," said Wayne Bowers, chief investment officer for Northern ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... is create indices based on close proximity weather stations - found the stations located close to a wind farm, created an index on the wind data, and written a derivative on the back of that wind data," Summons said. "The reason why it hasn't gotten ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... it's just consistent with that flow. Then you have this grey, opaque area between pure passive and pure active, where the index class/quant/engineered beta players are fitting, and that's still, I think, in the research/understanding mode versus execution/implementation. ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... presents such an opportunity." See Also: Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens Local Government Super top AODP index

Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... positively. Others are refusing to tell, but they're going to vote negatively." See Also: Local Government Super top AODP index ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure