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Video Panel: Ethical Investments: Design and Communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... financial products in the areas of superannuation, funds management and wealth management, how activities such as ESG integration and impact investments can result in products that can do well for investors while doing good for the wider community, too ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... announced decision, VicSuper's current investment in tobacco accounted for less than 0.5% of the total portfolio. The ESG integration will occur in the stock selection process and will also incorporate "A strong focus on risk management." The AU$11.5 ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... initiator of the Natural Capital Declaration. "Their involvement will help the NCD develop a global consensus for the integration of natural capital into private sector accounting and decision making, as well as the development of methods to disclose ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... of Infradebt, a start-up boutique infrastructure manager. McCredden is a leader in responsible investment and ESG integration, UCA Funds Management said, noting that in 2011, UniSuper had $600m in its responsible Investment member choice options, according ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... ESG Research. "Clients have requested access to quantitative ESG data and metrics in order to better facilitate ESG integration and analysis. We are happy to provide a substantive set of metrics with the MSCI ESG DataMetrics product." MSCI ESG DataMetrics ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... and investment activities, including voting and engagement; manager selection, appointment and monitoring; and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making processes and ownership practices. PRI ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... multi-strategy client mandates", the fund manager said in a statement. "We are proud to work with Mariner, a pioneer in ESG integration," said Remy Briand, managing director and head of MSCI Index and ESG Research. "Mariner has indicated that ESG ratings ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... decision making in 2012 as a result of climate risk assessment. Further, 69% of asset owners said that climate change integration influenced their fund manager decisions in 2012. "It is easier for investors to work from the risk management point of view," ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... ASX because of the nature of the index," he said. "It's mining and bank-heavy. It's more difficult to do more ESG integration as you could in the MSCI World, where there are a lot of problematic companies, but there are also companies that are developing ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... billion from 2011, and is a combination of all ethical and socially responsible funds as well as funds managed under ESG integration that are rated as above average by investment consultant Mercer, according to RIAA. The benchmark report also found that ...