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SSGA Global Index Plus Trust to exclude tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) the investment management business of State Street Corporation has decided to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons shares from the State Street Global Index Plus Trust. Jonathan Shead, head of portfolio strategies ...

30% Club Australia calls for renewed push to get women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Corporation (CSC), First Super, HESTA, Hostplus, IFM Investors, Principal Global Investors (Australia), State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), and VicSuper. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) last year informed ASX-listed ...

Globally, few companies can effectively demonstrate climate risk disclosure: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... companies can "effectively demonstrate to investors how they climate risk into long-term strategy", according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Rakhi Kumar, Managing Director and Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship at State Street Global ...

Mercer study reveals diversity gap in investment management industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Mercer, NAB Asset Management, Perpetual Limited, Principal Global Investors (Australia) Limited, Russell Investments, State Street Global Advisors, UniSuper Management Pty Ltd, and Wellington. Off the back of the research, a group of the asset owners ...

State Street, TruValue Labs to partner in development of AI-assisted ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
State Street and TruValue Labs will partner to promote the development of ESG data solutions according to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) framework. Dan Gerard, head of Advisory Solutions for Asia Pacific at State Street Global ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies has "significantly improved returns," according to a survey conducted by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Kevin Anderson, head of investments, APAC, at SSgA SSgA performed a survey of 475 institutional ...

Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Nearly three quarters of Asia-Pacific based institutional investors participating in a State Street survey say that they are implementing an environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework in their investment process. Kastrapeli, vice president ...

Remerga launches Emerging Markets Sustainable Leaders Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... only throw the stock out if it falls below the ESG performance threshold." The fund is open for subscriptions, and State Street is the custodian and administrator for the fund, Johnson said.

Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... vice-chair of Triodos, Caroline Vu, chief impact officer at Impact Investment Group, Rahki Kumar, managing director at State Street Global Advisors, and moderated by Sally McCutchan, executive director at Impact Investing Australia. There is significant ...

SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
State Street Global 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 ...