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MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... that is consistent with how the market reacts to the ESG rating information. We're only just starting to see a full integration of those ESG ratings where the information about companies that behave better with stranger characteristic are factored into ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian market will be most interested as well as the Dutch, will be in alternative sovereign debt tilting through ESG integration," he said. "Clients are seeking how a sovereign debt portfolio could be invested differently." Using the strategy, the ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... returns that we want to target," said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS. "We are trying to get that via ESG integration and the thematic allocation like these green bonds." Hartnett noted that the green bond appeals to LGS on a number of levels ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... improve its responsible leadership. In one panel discussion with Nancie-Lee Robinson, general manager, governance, integration and reporting, at Telstra, Janette O'Neill, h ead of corporate responsibility strategy at NAB, Mike Chapman, manager, environment ...

ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... all this, despite all appearances of progress, the people working on the inside are aware of the fragility of the integration, and are working hard to build the business case, get the evidence together and make traction and make progress. We're not there ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... US$178.5bn of sustainable investments in Australia, representing about 18% of total assets under management, with integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors being the single largest strategy employed by sustainable investors, according ...

PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched a new work stream that will analyse how systemic barriers are impeding the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision and what actions actors - including asset ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct a survey of corporate buyers on how they integrated ESG factors into their due diligence process, the integration of ESG factors into merger and acquisition (M&A) price, sale, and purchase agreements (SPA) and the integration ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... instruments such as shorting, leverage, derivatives and high frequency trading as well as the potential for increased integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment decisions. According to a PRI survey, 137 signatories ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... the past as a hedge to all the other investments in the portfolio that are exposed to carbon prices?" The continued integration of sustainability into risk/return considerations is part of a continued evolution of the role of the superannuation fund ...