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Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... coal-fired electricity generators, the superannuation fund said. The threshold for the "high carbon sensitive" negative screen has been set at a minimum of one third of company revenue, LGS said. This will result in divestment of approximately AU$25 ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... coal-fired electricity generators, the superannuation fund said. The threshold for the "high carbon sensitive" negative screen has been set at a minimum of one third of company revenue, LGS said. "This will result in divestment of approximately AU$25 ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Proprietary model ASX50 and ASX100 portfolios developed by investment advisory firm Ethinvest outperformed mainstream indices by wide margins over the past one and two year periods, according to the firm. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest's ...

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 ...

UCA Funds Management holds first investor briefing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... currently has a 19% exposure to positively screened stocks, Walsh said. Two new companies were put on the fund's negative screen - Orica and Ainsworth Gaming Technology, Walsh added. The AU$517.7 million UCA Cash Portfolio is conservatively invested ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Barclays and MSCI have launched a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income indices based on three categories of strategies. Laura Nishikawa, vice president and head of fixed income ESG research, MSCI ESG Research The Barclays ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Proprietary model ASX50 and ASX100 portfolios developed by investment advisory firm Ethinvest has outperformed mainstream accumulation indices by wide margins, Ethinvest said. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director The Ethinvest ASX50 Screened Index ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... return, and the income portfolio has earned 2.7% p.a. gross return. "Our SRI portfolio started out using only the negative screen because we had demand from clients who didn't want gambling or tobacco. In 2007 we implemented the positive screen as well ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Future Fund will exclude tobacco companies from its investment portfolio, the Board of Guardians has announced. The fund owns stock in 14 companies in involved in tobacco production, with a combined worth of approximately AU$222 million at the end ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Further, the way that the researchers approached the task, by using three different strategies and not just a negative screen, lends further credence to the argument that ESG ratings can be used to measure positive value in a quantitative way. "What ...