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Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... than JPY 8tr in assets under management, has set a target range of 7-17% of the total AUM for investment in domestic equities, and part of this allocation will be used for the ESG mandate. The National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... "We do talk to companies about this quite a bit. The thing for us is that risk is often magnified. We frequently hold equities in all the companies in which that one person appears on all the boards, and the risk is their attention could be diverted. ...

FTSE launch carbon risk indices for Australia, Europe and Japan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
FTSE Group have launched four new indices within the FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy Index Series that weight listed equities in Australia, Europe and Japan based on their exposure to future carbon risks. The new indices include FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy Australia ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... factors into their process. According to Mercer, of the 5,175 strategies evaluated for ESG factors, 57% are in listed equities, 20% fixed income and the remaining 23% across real estate, private equity, hedge funds and others. Private equity has the ...

Australian Ethical names new chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... decided to return to his career in the Australian public service. Macri was hired by Australian Ethical in 2009 as an equities analyst and portfolio manager. Prior to joining Australian Ethical, he worked for Macquarie Group, Credit Suisse, Mellon and ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... factors into their process. According to Mercer, of the 5,175 strategies evaluated for ESG factors, 57% are in listed equities, 20% fixed income and the remaining 23% across real estate, private equity, hedge funds and others. Private equity has the ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... director and global head of index and ESG research. Institutional investors require coverage of their core portfolios of equities and bonds and, hence, MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings are a critical tool to integrate ESG research into their fixed income portfolios." ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... to or plan to allocate more to "climate sensitive assets" - real estate, infrastructure, private equity, sustainable equities, efficiency/renewables and commodities, and more than half of participants either have, or plan to review, climate risks within ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... was used by analysts, broadening the distribution outside of the sustainable funds and into the fundamental Australian equities and towards the credit teams, Woods said. As part of the process, analysts at AMP are increasingly asking companies to discuss ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... asset classes and the sub-asset classes. For example a fund might disclose that 20% of the portfolio is in Australian equities. Of that 20%, 10% of that is in high growth or value stocks and within that, 2% are in financial services, 3% in mining, and ...