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State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... letter to corporate boards that they will "take appropriate voting action" against board members at companies in the S&P 500, FTSE 350, ASX 100, TOPIX 100, DAC 30, and CAC 40 indices, based on their ESG performance as captured by the R-Factor scoring ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... having a huge impact on the rapid stock market decline." Takatsuki noted that major equity indices, such as the S&P 500 and FTSE 100, have experienced their worst quarter since 1987. The MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI), an index of equities ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... recently explored how these risks could impact on the Australian economy. Beyond Ratings' data feeds into the recently-launched FTSE Climate Risk-Adjusted European Monetary Union (EMU) Government Bond Index ('Climate EGBI'), which follows the launch ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has hired Helena Fung as head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, a newly created role. Helena Fung, head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, FTSE Russell Fung will be responsible for FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment indexes ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... letter to corporate boards that they will "take appropriate voting action" against board members at companies in the S&P 500, FTSE 350, ASX 100, TOPIX 100, DAC 30, and CAC 40 indices, based on their ESG performance as captured by SSGA's R-Factor scoring ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics. Martin Vezer, manager, thematic research, Sustainalytics Sustainalytics recently compared the stocks comprising the FTSE Emerging Index with the stocks comprising the FTSE Developed Index, and found emerging market stocks are exposed ...

Investec Asset Management launches Global Environment Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... resulting investment universe is 25 companies, and has "minimal to no overlap with traditional equity allocations such as the FTSE 100 or MSCI All Country World Index and has no exposure to the 100 companies identified as the world's largest carbon emitters ...

Australian funds join international controversial weapons call

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... statement calling on index providers to remove controversial weapons from mainstream indices. The open letter was sent to FTSE Russell, Morningstar, MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices and STOXX. The initiative began in Switzerland and is coordinated by Swiss ...

Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Vanguard Australia has licenses a new "values aligned" index from FTSE Russell the FTSE Developed ex Australia ex Non-Renewable Energy/Vice Products/Weapons Index. The index will form the basis for two Vanguard ESG-related products. It is the first ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... ("TWSE") wholly-owned subsidiary, Taiwan Index Plus Corp (TIP), FTSE4Good said. The FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index is part of FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment index and data offering. "As sustainable investing is gaining traction among international ...