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AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance metrics to assess countries' creditworthiness and risks and opportunities in sovereign debt portfolios. Matt Christensen The approach is outlined in a paper written by AXA IM's responsible investment team. AXA IM ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Towers Watson, and with BlackRock Investment Management and index provider Barclays Capital. "We are concerned about sovereign debt," said Ronan Walsh, portfolio manager, fixed income at VicSuper. "Our core portfolio is passive and our benchmark was ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... ground-breaking strategy led by 11 east-Asian central banks which opened several member countries to outside investments in sovereign debt, and innovative approaches to liability-driven investment strategies to reduce risk for pension and insurance funds," ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... That's not the issue - the issue is on the depth of the market and the need for greater issuance." See Also: LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... interview. It has been condensed and edited. See Also: See Also: Investor Profile: Local Government Super LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has moved all of its nearly AU$170m government bond allocation to a strategy that explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into the selection process, including a specific allocation of ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... factors might impact the long-term sustainability of an economy. MSCI said the ratings aim to complement traditional sovereign debt analysis for analyzing a country's creditworthiness. "Integrating ESG into the investment process is the first principle ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Do you remember Fukishima? Of course we do. If you remember the [global financial crisis], there's the issue of sovereign debt, and there's something that I'm always talking about, peak oil. All of these headlines go to these issues - environmental issues ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... you can see it in terms of the ratio of government revenue to government expenditure and government debt to GDP." Sovereign debt and sovereign default are tied into those concerns as well. "I'm worried about debt separately - the deleveraging process ...
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