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SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Advisors (SSGA) has launched an international equities fund which screens out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. Jonathan Shead, head of portfolio strategies, Asia Pacific, SSGA The State Street International Equities Index Trust ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... precedents for this," Davidson said. "I think that a number of our members have divested their holdings in controversial weapons, particularly land mines and cluster munitions. There is a concern about investing in those companies manufacturing weapons ...

Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... company's long-term risk, reputation or overall performance are viewed as significant - carbon intensity, controversial weapons and bribery and corruption "garner strong support", according to the survey, while exclusion criteria, such as alcohol or ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... good safety records and newer technologies are invested in." LGS has also fully excluded investments in controversial weapons - land minds and cluster bombs - and tobacco.

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability at LGS, called "enhanced passive." Screening out classes of equities linked to tobacco or controversial weapons is one technique for managing ESG exposures, and it is an extensively used technique, said Jon Shead, head of portfolio strategy ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... screen eliminates companies that breach the UN Global Compact, and the other screens remove manufacturers of controversial weapons such as cluster bombs and landmines and tobacco manufacturers. After those screens, constituent companies that lack sufficient ...

MSCI launches 25 new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
MSCI has rolled out 25 new ESG indices, including indices that exclude holdings in manufacturers of controversial weapons and indices built around socially responsible investments. The new indices include 11 regional and country-level specific indices. ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... from companies that violate internal investment policies prohibiting holdings in companies that manufacture controversial weapons such as cluster bombs and landmines. MSCI will introduce ESG ratings to MSCI ESG Manager later this year. "We have been ...
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