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Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... indices is really focused on negative exclusion," Nishikawa said. "Whether it's the Barclays Global Aggregate or the EU Credit index, you're looking at a standard mix of exclusions. That list of exclusions was built to match the equity indices as well. ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... country for investment in renewable energy projects, according to Ernst & Young's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI). Global annual clean energy investment hit US$269 billion in 2012, a five-fold increase from 2004, influenced by energy ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... accumulation indices by wide margins, Ethinvest said. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director The Ethinvest ASX50 Screened Index Model has returned 39.76% for the 12 months to the end of March 2013, ahead of the S&P/ASX50 Accunmuation Index's 23.11% ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... to manage those kinds of risks. What we hear from funds is, 'what we do si follow our consultants' advice' or 'we hug the index'. That's not a legal, investment or moral response for superannuation funds to say we're doing the same as the other funds ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand companies lag global and UK peers in the Corporate Responsibility Index (CR Index), a leading voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility. The CR Index ranks and compares companies - public, private, partnerships, franchise ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has created an emerging markets equities index integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens and has launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
RobecoSAM, the investment specialist that co-publishes the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, will now use the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) climate change questions in its environmental data collection approach to public companies. RobecoSAM will ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Bank Group Super (CBGSA) the diversified sector leader. According to GRESB, 75% of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Australia index responded to requests for participation in the survey.

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... IM demonstrated in the paper how the Rep Risk Free negative screen applies, using the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (EMBIG) investment universe of 57 countries as the base index. Applying the negative screen to an emerging markets index ...

ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... improvement and change, because we have so many GRI reporters, we have fabulous representation on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, but despite all this, despite all appearances of progress, the people working on the inside are aware of the fragility ...