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Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... increasing activity and investor interest in low carbon opportunities across a broader range of asset classes. Listed equities, fixed income and real estate remain key areas of activity," Herd said. "However, policy uncertainty remains a significant ...

Man Group to augment responsible investment, stewardship activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... responsible investing," Mitchell said. "I wore two hats - I was sustainability strategist, and I also part of our international equities team. What makes this announcement special for us is that it is the first step in building out dedicated people in ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... increasingly seeing ESG has been integrated anyway into standard investment processes.... historically, people have gone to equities first, and now they're looking at spreading that out to categories of bonds." Green bonds continue to grow in popularity ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Rosenberg Equities has been appointed by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to manage a portfolio of environmental and socially responsible investments. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg Rosenberg ...

bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... they use ESG throughout most of their strategy to different levels." While there is a "best in class" in active Japanese equities managers when it comes to ESG integration, there's a smaller proportion of those that score highly in comparison to global ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... responsibility," Prabhu said. "The ethical and SRI process has had a long history here at Perpetual - we have an SRI/ethical equities fund which has been running for almost a decade as well, and that strategy has attracted over $1 billion in assets under ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... of recent short-term market volatility, which AXA IM believes "may be signifying the final stages of a bull market in equities and bonds." Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of responsible investment, gave an update on responsible investment and ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has evolved one of its international equities indices to reduce carbon emissions and reserves intensity by 50%. Susan Darroch, head of Global Equity BetaSolutions, Asia ex Japan, State Street Global Advisors The State ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... discipline with applications across all asset classes, when looking at funds that invest primarily in publicly listed equities, one is forced to ask questions about the additionality of the investment. In other words, if the investor wasn't holding those ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Eight Investment Partners (8IP) has launched its first retail Australian equities fund geared towards capturing environmental/social impact in ASX-listed. Kerry Series, principal and chief investment officer, 8 Investment Partners 8IP seeded the 8IP ...