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oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... (PPLC) - large companies rated best-in-class from a sustainability point of view - to the wider MSCI World Total Return Index for the peiord of January 2005 through December 2013. The PPLC weighted by market capitalisation achieved cumulative returns ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Responsible investment Australian equity funds outperformed the ASX300 index and the Australian equity peer group over one and three year time periods, according to researcher Lonsec. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst, Lonsec Lonsec released ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Six Australian companies have been named to CDP's Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014. CDP selected 187 companies globally that exhibit leadership through action to mitigate climate change, and found that as an index, those companies outperform ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... market via the Asgard platform. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg The AXA IM All Country World Index (ACWI) SmartBeta Equity Fund has been seeded with AU$55 million from local Australian Financial Services Licensee, Financial ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... same time, they get a 50% reduction or more is actually very attractive." MSCI is also gearing up to launch its green bond index offering in conjunction with Barclays. "In terms of the consultation with investors, it's pretty clear that the one piece ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... grown dramatically over the past decade and a half," said David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the S&P Dow Jones Index Committee. "During that time the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices have been established as the leading benchmark in the ...

MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... direct and indirect carbon emissions - Scope 1 and 2 - for approximately 9,000 issuers in the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index, MSCI said. The screening thresholds and metrics can be adjusted to meet investors' mandates, and can be integrated into OMS ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... had a return of 21.67% for the year ending 30 June 2014, as compared to a 17.65% return for the S&P/ASX100 accumulation index, while its two year return was 32.17% as compared to a 21.05% return for the wider ASX100 accumulation index. The ASX Red Excluded ...

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... investments outperform wider benchmarks. Core responsible investment Australian equities funds have outperformed the ASX 300 index and the large cap Australian equities fund average over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years, while core responsible investment international ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "Around 90% is investment grade, but when we put further filters on that to mirror what would be includible in an index, in terms of size of issuance and the currency - just over half of the full universe meets index requirements." Future growth ...