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AODP, ClientEarth to challenge funds on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... them." Julian Poulter, AODP CEO, did not name the pension funds that CPLI will target, pointing to the AODP Global Climate Index and the laggards on the list as potential funds of interest. "Australia is a highly regulated superannuation market, and ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... addresses the societal problem, but it might not address your performance. The appeal of the Northern Trust Low Carbon Optimised Index strategies is that they can address investors need for performance in line with a broad market cap emerging market ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... management of the strategic carbon challenge by aiming for continuous inclusion in CDP's Climate Performance Leadership Index (CPLI). Inclusion in the CPIL requires achieving a CDP "A" performance band. "We launched the Aiming for A initiative in 2012 ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia. "It's rare these days that we don't have a conversation with clients about ESG related matters in the construct of the index or quantitative strategy that we've developed," said Steve Potter, president of Northern Trust Asset Management. "It's ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... companies, and c.) you may put a billion dollars into this, but you do know what your largest holding in a passive low carbon index is? ExxonMobil. That sort of thinking led us to think is we can do something better." Inflection Point, a boutique investment ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... women on their boards than ASX listed companies. This week, Women on Boards (WOB) presented their 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which evaluated 1422 organisations across multiple sectors, including corporations, not for profits, sporting bodies ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Boards (WOB). Claire Braund, executive director, Women on Boards Women on Boards has release its 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which analyses the gender balance on boards across sectors including education, listed companies, not-for-profits ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... months, the fund manager has announced. Craig Hurt, AXA IM director of Australia and New Zealand The AXA IM All Country World Index (ACWI) SmartBeta Equity Fund was launched in September in Australia and was seeded from local Australian Financial Services ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are using their custodians to assist in monitoring manager adherence to environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements, according to J. P. Morgan Investor Services. Custodians are the repository of data on asset level ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... CRISA Committee, the Association for Savings and Investment SA (ASISA) Responsible Investment Committee, and the JSE SRI Index Advisory Committee. Bertrand has previously been affiliated with PRI, having spent 18 months as South Africa network manager ...