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Australian funds join international controversial weapons call

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... companies means exposing portfolios to extra tracking error," the letter said. Further, the problem is more acute for passive investors, given that the majority of passive investment strategies replicate exclusion-free indices. Signatories believe that ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... and tilt towards ESG outperformance, Lew said. "We see this as a strategy that may be appropriate for clients looking at passive equity investments, looking to manage passive equity investments particularly," she said. "Clients have come to us to ask ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... investment governance framework., and also to have reference to investment beliefs, traditionally around active versus passive, liquidity, fee constraints, etc., but we're working with a lot of boards to articulate what are your investment beliefs are," ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Labor Funds (BLF) have selected FTSE4Good's TIP Taiwan ESG index for a US$1.4 billion mandate. BLF has issued a five year passive mandate and is the first fund to use the FTSE4 Good TIP Taiwan ESG index. The FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index was launched ...

Demystifying ESG from Investor and Investee Perspectives: Michael Orzano

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Investee Perspectives: Michael Orzano from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The growing intersection of current trends on Passive, Factor and Sustainability driven investing makes a vital contribution to the ability of investors to develop policies ...

Video: Demystifying ESG from Investor and Investee Perspectives: Martina Macpherson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Perspectives: Martina Macpherson from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The growing intersection of current trends on Passive, Factor and Sustainability driven investing makes a vital contribution to the ability of investors to develop policies along ...

Video: Demystifying ESG from Investor and Investee Perspectives: panel discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Perspectives: panel discussion from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The growing intersection of current trends on Passive, Factor and Sustainability driven investing makes a vital contribution to the ability of investors to develop policies along ...

Video: Demystifying ESG from Investor and Investee Perspectives: Closing remarks, AIRA Immediate Past Chairman Warwick Bryan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Immediate Past Chairman Warwick Bryan from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The growing intersection of current trends on Passive, Factor and Sustainability driven investing makes a vital contribution to the ability of investors to develop policies ...

Northern Trust Asset Management launches GRESB-based real estate index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... pooled fund passively managed to the index. The index was developed in response to demand from investors that combined a passive management approach to real estate investing that also incorporated environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. "Northern ...

SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... manufacturers, appearing on the list." SSGA considered excluding tobacco and controversial weapons from its mainstream passive international equities index fund in Australia, but after consultation with existing clients, decided to create a separate ...