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Asia investments in sustainable strategies hit US$44.9B: ASrIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... across the region are still relatively small. According to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) 2014 Benchmark Report, total funds under management in Australia and New Zealand in broad responsible investment for 2013 stands at AU$153 ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... the perspective of the sustainability policy, then we would see it as part of the investment universe." Altius is a benchmark-unaware investor, so the tilts that appear in the Altius Sustainable Bond fund are not a tracking error concern, Bovingdon said. ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... company." Hagart differentiated the need for directors with holdings that are "overweight relative to an index tracker benchmark" and large minority shareholdings of company founders or major investors that can pose challenges for board composition. ...

Barclays, MSCI launch green bond index series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... US$30-40bn of green bonds will be issued this year, increasing to around US$100bn next year," said Brian Upbin, head of benchmark index research at Barclays. "The Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index family should prove to be an extremely useful tool for issuers ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... doing and the products that are offered, I think we could be looking at a substantial increase in demand. This year's benchmark report indicated quite a sizeable step-up in demand, albeit off a very low base. "... I do think there's an element here that's ...

CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... as it currently stands is predicted to earn a return of approximately 7% over its lifetime, which is 3.5% above the benchmark cost of the Australian government five-year bond rate, noted Jillian Broadbent, CEFC board chair, in her report. Over its lifetime ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investors throughout Asia are taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into account in their investment portfolios, and custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services are providing data analytical services to assist clients ...

oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... bonds" assessing the performance of corporate bonds with higher sustainability performance and ratings against a wider benchmark. oekom, as part of its assessment process, rates companies which meet "industry-specific sustainability management requirements" ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... August 2014 and 16.6% p.a. over the three year period. RI funds are "more likely" to struggle when compared against the benchmark and mainstream peer funds in strongly rising or resource driven markets, Lonsec said. The report also noted that most Australian ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... move in general towards this passive option, where essentially you're not giving up very much tracking error to the benchmark, and yet the amount of reduction you can get in terms of your carbon exposure is quite significant," she said. "What we ended ...