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Plato Investment Management launches net zero hedge fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Management's head of long/short strategies, said the strategy gains a unique edge from Plato's established propriety quantitative systems, along with the integration of new ESG data points. "Importantly the strategy is underpinned by Plato's proprietary ...

YFYS, tracking error a challenge to ESG adoption: Parametric

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... would benefit from applying optimisation-based portfolio construction tools. "One of the benefits of using a more quantitative portfolio optimisation approach is, while you can't completely neutralise tracking error, you can make changes around the edges," ...

Using data, reporting to fill in the steps to net zero 2050: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... carbon metrics, physical risk and transition risk details for the portfolio level, according to Scott Bennett, head of quantitative research and client solutions, Australia and New Zealand at Northern Trust Asset Management. "Many of the institutional ...

Tracking sustainability as quantitative strategy: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Sustainability characteristics can be tracked as a standalone signal that delivers strong results when compared with other quantitative signals including value, sentiment and quality, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). SSGA recently published ...

Wayfinding for deeper engagement in ethical investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... principles, practices and performance measurement. "Performance measurement, as Wayfinding highlights, ought to include quantitative and qualitative company data and stakeholder perceptions and a lot more besides," Rodger Spiller said. "... At the opposite ...

Fund manager sets gender diversity target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investment function or who have an investment execution role, such as portfolio managers, investment/research or quantitative analysts, traders and other relevant staff. The WIM Charter is designed to help improve gender balance in investment management ...

ESG "the most important thematic for the next 30 years"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... seen a substantial increase, particularly in Europe, in flows into sustainable funds." Hamson noted that the firm's quantitative analysis into the cumulative performance of high carbon intensity and low carbon intensity stocks showed return differentials. ...

Quant manager deploys AI to identify corporate greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Acadian Asset Management has developed an AI system to identify greenwashing in potential investments. Acadian, a quantitative equities manager, integrates environmental, social and governance data widely through portfolio processes. The firm said it ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... global scenarios, but also to improve the ADI's data collection and to inform risk management, and that's the quantitative aspect of the climate vulnerability assessment." Accenture advises bank boards to incorporate "climate risks in risk management ...

NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Northern Trust Asset Management has launched a quantitative strategy focusing on high quality, low-volatility stocks with a lower carbon footprint. The Quality Low Volatility Low Carbon World (QLV Low Carbon) Strategy is NTAM's latest sustainable investment ...