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Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... agreeing to return an equivalent security at the end of the period. Securities lending agreements are indemnified with high quality collateral. Beneficial owners use securities lending programs to generate incremental income to a portfolio, and securities ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Cacho, economist, UBS. "They took into account the damage to timber and forestry and livestock, but not land and water quality." There is a need for more holistic modelling and development of calculations to include damage to natural capital, Cacho said. ...

ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... head of quantitative research global equity management, Northern Trust Northern Trust Asset Management has designed the Quality Low Volatility strategy that combines a low volatility approach during market troughs, but has exposure to that volatility ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... buildings and major retrofits." ClimateSeed projects have gone through a three-step due diligence process to ensure high quality. The projects have been certified by international standards such as VCS or Gold Standard, the project developers have undergone ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... joined SSX, I set up a three year plan," Go said. "What we're trying to do is get the exchange set up, listing the right quality of organisations, geographies, and the sectors I talked about before. Indices will come, once we have the right number of ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... research into the process of selecting counterparties, Liu said. "We add end value through our very rigorous research on the quality of counterparties to avoid the potential bottom players, and to focus on the transaction structure to make sure there ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... International Monetary Fund. "Tax avoidance comes with high human costs as it undermines governments' ability to provide quality public services and promote economic development," said Daniel Bertossa, assistant general secretary of Public Services International ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... and mid-cap companies around key environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues is key to uncovering high quality companies making a positive impact on sustainable outcomes, according to Perennial Value Management. Damian Cottier, portfolio ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... can make it a feedback loop as well." Climate action is one of the eight SDGs that VicSuper has prioritised alongside quality education, affordable and clean energy, and good health and wellbeing. "The reporting based on outcomes is something we've done ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Report that ESG considerations are part of their strategies to manage risk and long-term investment performance, and the quality of ESG data and analysis is improving, giving greater confidence of ESG in portfolio management. With the quality of data ...