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SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched an international equities fund which screens out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. Jonathan Shead, head of portfolio strategies, Asia Pacific, SSGA The State Street International ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... new research from AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA IM Rosenberg Equities AXA IM Rosenberg Equities, the quantitative investment arm of the global AXA IM group, recently analysed US and Canadian ...

NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... portfolio much more climate change resilient," said Anne-Maree O'Connor, NZ Super Fund Head of Responsible Investment. "Equities do make up the bulk of our investments, and they're mostly passively managed, and they are in very diversified portfolios ...

RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... products as conforming with RIAA's standards. The new certification was launched last year, and certified products cover equities funds, fixed interest funds, ETFs, banking products, private equity, property, impact investments as well as 20 certified ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... corporate governance and quality as investment factors are converging as a measure of long-term risk adjusted return on equities, according to Northern Trust Asset Management. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global equity management, Northern ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... CO2 per £10 million (AU$17 million) invested in 2015. Bruce Jenkyn-Jones, managing director and co-head of listed equities, Impax Asset Management For the second year, Impax has analysed the positive environmental impact of its smaller cap global ...

AXA IM SmartBeta fund receives local recognition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... noted that the fund offers investors "a low-fee, systematic approach, coupled with ESG considerations, to access global equities with volatility expected to be less than the benchmark." Since launching in August 2015, the fund has returned 18.4% p.a. ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... assets under management and has three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio. It also operates the Uniting Growth Fund, the Development Fund and the Funeral Fund for individuals, self-managed ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... charter. "The main interest has been in our product is our superannuation fun, but - even on the managed fund side, our equities funds are doing well, and our balanced fund has seen somewhat of a resurgence as well. The fixed interest fund is probably ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Goals to the metrics after the goals' launch in September 2015. The metrics are a framework to analyse global listed equities through the lens of impact investment, but by leveraging existing reporting standards and mechanisms like the Sustainable Development ...