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RIAA launches refreshed Certification Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... issues. Funds are telling us, we are coming to you for certification, but we're holding off for two months to have that overlay in place." The certification can be applied to a wide range of financial products, including banking products, O'Connor noted. ...

MSCI creates Climate Change Indexes tilted to low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... opportunities including alternative energy and clean-technology, MSCI said. They can be used as a standalone index or as an overlay to an overall ESG strategy. "The devastating impacts of climate change will be felt beyond the traditional horizons of ...

Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian fixed income strategy that integrates ESG. The strategy invests in active Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay - negative screening of securities issued by any company that derives in excess of 20% of its revenue directly from tobacco ...

bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... environment side, so far, we have talked to a few managers that are going to include that lens to the selection, more as a risk overlay. After the earthquake and the nuclear issues, some managers became cautious that this is an additional risk that we ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... know on individual mandates," Mitchell said. "However we are working on trying to create products that have a "universal" overlay, where there's an overlay of universal exclusions - one would be controversial munitions, or tobacco, or low carbon, or ...

Brambles talks sustainability strategy, Sustainable Development Goals and natural capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
Supply-chain logistics group Brambles has reported progress on its 2020 sustainability programs: Better Business, Better Planet and Better Communities, including reduction in wood consumption, carbon emissions and use of water. Juan Jose Freijo, global ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... talk about the kinds of issues that are likely to present material risk and opportunity, but then you have to put the overlay of your particular circumstances of your company on top of that," she said. "That's what the TCFD recommendations are really ...

Sustainable Platform assesses database of companies against SDGs, performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... approach that people can understand, is transparent and that other fintechs or institutions can apply as a sustainability overlay or side by side to their own financial products." The cloud software runs off the world's largest database of companies ...

NAB raises $500m for first ever gender equality social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... build, the bank said. Steve Lambert, executive general manager of capital financing, NAB The NAB Social Bond also added an overlay excluding industries whose primary activities involve alcohol, gambling, tobacco, military weapons, predatory lending ...

NAB launches social bond focusing on companies, gender equality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) is launching a social bond focusing specifically on gender equality. Eva Zileli, head of group funding, NAB The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income obligation open to institutional investors. Participating ...