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Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... residential developments and infrastructure projects. We had one of the first, if not the first, institutional private equity funds investing in mitigation banks starting in 2008." These examples in real assets present real opportunities for long term ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... think because the Australian market is relatively small there tends to be a high degree of engagement with companies on the equity side, anyway, which is part of the reason so many Australian asset owners and fund managers have signed up to the UN PRI. ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... multiple asset classes. "SSgA has conducted substantial research that examines the correlation between ESG ratings and equity returns," Mitchell said. "We use this research to directly incorporate ESG into selection of equities and portfolio construction ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... benefits of sustainability to New Zealand businesses and current approaches to responsible investment by private and listed equity fund managers, RIAA said. "The agenda has been established to give a broad spectrum of views on responsible investment ...

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... the CDP Global Water Report 2013. The report is based on data given to CDP by 180 companies listed on the FTSE Global 500 Equity Index. Nearly three quarters - 70% - of companies said that water presents substantive risk to their business, and half reported ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are refining their limited partnership agreements prior to investing in unlisted private equity funds to reflect environmental, social and governance exclusions and considerations, according to Paul Finlayson, senior vice president ...

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... research papers in the future." Inalytics applied this analysis to the area of investment manager skill, analysis the UK equity portfolios of one of their clients, Merseyside Pension Scheme. They found that two of their fund manager carried a low level ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). She is CEO of Gore Creek Capital, and a former senior investment officer, global equity at the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). "It is an incredibly important time for investors ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... are in responsible investment strategies across Australian and international equities, property, absolute return, private equity and sovereign bonds. Last year, LGS awarded its nearly AU$170 million government bonds mandate to specialist investment manager ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) will invest in the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom Low Carbon Dioxide Equity Index Fund, which has been designed capture exposure to emerging markets whilst potentially lowering long-term portfolio risk ...