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AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a strategy that applies environmental, social and governance metrics to assess countries' creditworthiness and risks and opportunities in sovereign debt portfolios. Matt Christensen The approach is outlined ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... specialist investment manager Omega Global Investors. The strategy explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into the selection process, including a specific allocation of up to 15% invested in "green" or climate themed ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 to the Global Sustainable Investment ...

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Companies need to develop and implement new strategies to uncover and communicate how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to business performance, and investors need to ask companies questions on material ESG factors during ...

PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 owners and investment managers - can take ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... international fixed income portfolio is consistent with the fund's commitment to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment process. "When we look at ESG, we look at it purely in an integrated sense," Walsh said. ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Poor performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can reduce valuations of potential private equity deals or cause potential buyers to walk away from an acquisition, according to research from the United Nations-backed Principles ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... come up with a way of measuring the impact of ESG in client portfolios in terms of their environmental, social and governance characteristics by creating ESG benchmark portfolios, extending existing social and environmental return methodologies and how ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... listed equities. Some Asian market exchanges have increased requirements for disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) non-financial information, including Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand, but the report notes that Asian regional bond ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... corporate responsibility and sustainability (CR&S) working group and increased embedding of environmental, social and governance issues in their businesses objectives in its first sustainability report. Charter Hall manages 184 properties for wholesale ...