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Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... investor. You can't optimise on all three, it's difficult; they co-manifest at times but they are different. We're not an SRI fund. It doesn't mean we don't pay attention to the S or to the G - it's incorporated into what we do, but it doesn't drive ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
A $120 billion industry superannuation fund has revamped its SRI option to tighten screening standards. Aware Super has updated its Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) options to refine the list of excluded companies to include those earning 5% or ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... (tracking the FTSE Developed ex Australia Choice Index) and fixed-income (tracking the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusion Float Adjusted Index) segments during 2018, while VanEck came out with a sustainable equity ETF (tracking the ...

JANA providing services to retail sector, eyes retail ESG services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... advisory services related to ESG investing. "The retail adviser market is at an early stage in terms of the introduction of SRI/ESG principles generally, but more specifically in the use of ESG portfolios," he said. "I think maybe there's a demand supply ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Taiwan having more and more questions. On the fixed income ETF side, we do see that more and more the trend that suggests that SRI is also coming." Fixed income ETFs that integrate ESG exposures are similarly experiencing demand, Delculee said. "In terms ...

BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... 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 ESG-aware investors seeking a core fixed income exposure ...

HNW, UHNW "do not deeply consider ESG issues": Crestone wealth report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... in his experience in meeting with clients, younger clients, or the children of older clients, are "much more engaged with SRI and ESG themes, which feed into the result. Gen Y/Millennials are more engaged, boomers less so." Education is needed to address ...

Dhaka, Colombo stock exchanges launch guides for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... impacts promotes transparency, which in turn helps them anticipate risks and informs decision making." These new guides for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be promoted to more than 500 listed companies across the region and will play a role in supporting ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Perpetual has launched the Perpetual Ethical SRI Credit Fund that applies ethical and SRI screens to a portfolio of diversified floating rate credit. Vivek Prabhu, portfolio manager and head of fixed income, Perpetual The fund is based on Perpetual's ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... gaps that still remain. We are letting funds know that this is not an optional extra that is a nice to have, that sits as an SRI option. This is much more fundamental.... I would say that we would expect to see a lot of catch up really quickly. I think ...