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NZ Super Fund releases PRI report, assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... framework will be delisted. See Also: PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... CIO Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific at Northern Trust Asset Management Northern Trust will manage the passive Barclays Global Aggregate fixed income mandate, adding to the four global equity mandates that the Guardians of New Zealand ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... policy implementation stage for both strategies. There has been a significant move away from fundamental activity towards passive, and that doesn't seem to be slowing down, it's just consistent with that flow. Then you have this grey, opaque area between ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... than US$1 billion of equity funds with ESG screens globally. Northern Trust's Dublin-domiciled UCITS fund range combines passive index strategies with ESG criteria and is available to investors in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. The fund range ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... the options right now in the market are pretty limited for divestment. You can go into the quote-unquote 'low carbon' passive indexes, but the problem we see with that is a.) straight out of the box you've abandoned up any hope of outperformance, you'll ...

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... credibility and the ability to differentiate ourselves in this market," Singh said. "We are going to focus on the classic passive and ESG customised solutions for [socially responsible investment] mandates, and we will also focus on engineered equity ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... through either a share or through a fund, the question is, do they do something with their ownership rights or are they passive with it," Gayer said. "They are asking themselves, should I wish to change what I see? That's the major struggle that a lot ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... reserves, comprising about 1.3% of the ACWI market cap, Lee noted. "I think that there is a move in general towards this passive option, where essentially you're not giving up very much tracking error to the benchmark, and yet the amount of reduction ...

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 ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... under management, reaching the mark within six months of initial seeding.The Dublin-domiciled UCITS fund range combines passive index strategies with ESG criteria and is available to investors in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. The fund range ...