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BNY Mellon offers ESG data to depositary receipt clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics data to see what is being said about their performance on ESG issuers, as well as use the research to benchmark their performance. "Those products involve looking at what Sustainaltyics is producing on them, and also for benchmarking to ...

Australian, NZ social enterprises top B Corp list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Ten Australian companies that are certified B Corporations (B Corp) have been named global leaders for their contributions to community, workers and environment. B Corp has issued its annual Best for the World list, which recognises the top 10% of all ...

RobecoSAM launches 2015 assessment for DJSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... RobecoSAM assessment. "RepRisk is extremely proud to have its data used for this prestigious and highly influential benchmark," said Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon, head of business development and marketing at RepRisk. "We believe that dynamic and timely ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... attention to the sustainability program you might have. Also, you're going into a new market, and it's a way to do a sub-benchmark-sized issuance, a smaller than normal bond, which would normally not be acceptable to investors, but with a green bond ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank and National Australia Bank (NAB) are the two Australian companies to be listed in the Ethisphere Institute's Most Ethical Companies for 2015. The two banks joined Brazil's Banco do Brasil S.A. in the Banks: National category of ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers' (AXA IM) Global Equity SmartBeta ESG strategy is 5% ahead of its benchmark for its first six months, the fund manager has announced. Craig Hurt, AXA IM director of Australia and New Zealand The AXA IM All Country World Index ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are using their custodians to assist in monitoring manager adherence to environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements, according to J. P. Morgan Investor Services. Custodians are the repository of data on asset level ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... investment were just over AU$25 billion, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia's (RIAA) 2014 Benchmark Report. RIAA is a member of GSIA and contributed data to the report. The most common sustainable investing strategy globally ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... concerns over the transparency of pricing and the number of participants in the first auction. The regulator did not set a benchmark price for the first auction, and participants are only allowed to make one bid, meaning that if they exceed the minimum ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ahead of the organisation's 2015 survey launch. QIC has more than AU$74 billion in assets under management and more than AU$10 billion invested ...