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LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... -- they're illiquid. You can't neglect the ESG area when it comes to that." CommIF is in an unlisted portfolio of high quality, PPP-style social infrastructure assets in Australia and New Zealand, AMP Capital said. The assets are characterised as social ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... portfolio," he said. "We've asked that person to place more focus on covering positive companies and putting in investment quality filter on them so that they're noticed by our portfolio managers as investment grade. In effect, we've oriented our additional ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... this year, respondents identified the "lack of appropriate capital across the risk/return spectrum" and "shortage of high quality investment opportunities with track record" as the most limiting characteristics of the market. The lack of capital across ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... movement), might pose to investment portfolios. "It comes down to, quite simply, finding the right people who have access to quality information and who bring independent and questioning minds to the decisions before them," El Hassan said. "The directors ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... seeing our process come to life and working in motion, which has been exciting." The ANZFF portfolio includes "two high-quality softwood estates comprising over 90,000 hectares in Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania and a hardwood timberland estate ...

ASX reports on progress towards gender diversity targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations will clarify what is meant by "measurable objective" and improve the quality of disclosure around female participation in leadership roles," said Kevin Lewis, ASX chief compliance officer. "With supporting ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Incorporating a quality factor overlay into a portfolio that integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can add "significant excess return" to ESG portfolios, according to Northern Trust. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... equities, SSgA. "In a crisis environment, ESG tends to correlate, or show similar return patterns to larger companies and more quality companies. You definitely need to take a long-term approach." This view is corroborated by Engel. "Short term-ism is ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... hold a lot of assets," Edkins said. "We want to keep it at about 25-30 stocks and make sure that those stocks are good-quality stocks that fit the social and environmental values of the fund and stack up financially as well." The portfolio is designed ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... activity. AccountAbility analysed the companies across 16 indicators in four key areas: governance and risk management, water quality and use, greenhouse gas emissions and community relations. Information on company disclosure practices were collected ...