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Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... emissions and companies that have extensive reserves of fossil fuels, and incorporating other environmental, social and governance factors, Northern Trust said. The fund is a new sub-fund of an existing Irish UCITS umbrella fund known as Northern Trust ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... voting and engagement; manager selection, appointment and monitoring; and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making processes and ownership practices. PRI has said that they expect signatories ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... executive. Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Hagart will replace current CEO Ann Byrne, who retires from the position at the end of October. Hagart ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... that articulates the bank's corporate responsibility strategy, including their approach to environmental, social and governance issues. "Obviously, NAB has a clear and strong commitment to ESG and we have ESG principles for lending and very much alive ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to sovereign creditworthiness and investment performance, according to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has released a discussion paper exploring the link between ESG ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Investment Group, a global alternative asset manager, has selected MSCI ESG Research to provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and portfolio analytics. Mariner Group has subscribed to MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics, a reporting tool ...

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... investments in tobacco in the long-term interest of our members," said Louise Davidson, Cbus' environmental, social and governance investment manager. "There is no safe consumption of tobacco. It is unusual for Cbus to divest its holdings in a particular ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Impact investment and other trends will drive growth in environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies over the next 10 years, according to AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Matt ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... strikes rule, engagement specialists are saying boards are more receptive to speaking to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO In the lead up to the 2013 annual general meeting (AGM) season, AMP Capital has released its ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... communication between boards of listed companies and investors, and how they approach engagement on environmental, social and governance issues. "In this corporate governance report, we say engagement between companies and shareholders needs to improve ...