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BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
BlackRock Investment Management has launched a new unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund. The fund is benchmarked to a customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Select ex-Fossil Fuels Index and is AUD hedged. It is "designed for ...

Man Group launches proprietary ESG analytics tool for portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... E, S and G across dimensions and get a composite score. We can see that for both the portfolio being analysed and its benchmark. If you have a portfolio benchmark, you can see how your portfolio ranks according to MSCI/Sustainalytics/Trucost/Man Numeric's ...

CEFC provides $120 million finance for Curtin University development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... environment," said Werner von Guionneau, InfraRed Capital Partners chief executive. The Exchange development will "drive a new benchmark for universities seeking to create inspiring, sustainable integrated facilities for their students to use as a springboard ...

Responsible investment a fundamental practice in NZ: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... practice" in New Zealand, accounting for more than 70% of total assets under management (AUM), according to the latest Benchmark Report issued by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The fifth annual ...

ISS ESG launches Solactive ISS ESG Prime Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... aim to align with current market and regulatory ESG frameworks and reflect better alignment than their conventional benchmark counterparts with Paris Accord climate goals. "We are pleased to announce the launch of this index series in furtherance of ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RIAA has released the Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2019, which has found that the market grew to $980 billion in assets under management in 2018, an increase of ...

Global issuance of green bonds tops $100 billion to date in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... this key milestone has been reached in the first half the year," said Climate Bonds CEO Sean Kidney. The US$100 billion benchmark was first met in November 2017 during COP23 and in mid-September in 2018, Climate Bonds Initiative said. There have been ...

MSCI creates Climate Change Indexes tilted to low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... solutions to address climate change, with twice the exposure to clean technology companies when compared to the underlying benchmark. The Indexes also help to reduce exposure to stranded assets with 50 percent lower exposure to thermal coal and four ...

AllianceBernstein launches Australian low-carbon equities strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... carbon credits. The AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund was launched in Australia in April 2014 and has outperformed its benchmark by 4.1% pa. "Green MVE challenges that 'either/or' paradigm and aims to give investors superior performance in terms of ...

Pengana WHEB Sustainable Investing Impact Report identifies positives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... thereby generating a positive social or environmental impact. The fund has had one month returns of 1.32%, compared to its benchmark of the MSCI World Total Return Index return of 8.89%. Since inception, the fund has returned 5.5%, -0.15% below the benchmark. ...