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Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... in socially screened assets for clients across the globe, and has over 20 years of experience in managing socially responsible portfolios and socially screened assets. AP4 is one of five buffer funds in Sweden's national pension system. At year-end 2012 ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super is designing a stand-along socially responsible investment (SRI) option for members that will be launched later this year. This is not the fund's first attempt at a stand-alone ethical investment option. NGS Super has had a Green Shares option ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... figure of AU$152 billion is an increase of AU$35 billion from 2011, and is a combination of all ethical and socially responsible funds as well as funds managed under ESG integration that are rated as above average by investment consultant Mercer, according ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... developed using Barclay's fixed income indices and MSCI's ESG research. The three categories - Barclays MSCI Socially Responsible (SRI) Indices, the Barclays MSCI Sustainability Indices, and the Barclays MSCI ESG Weighted Indices - cater to different ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... assets for clients across the globe, as of the end of 2012, and has over 20 years of experience managing socially responsible portfolios and socially-screened assets. Northern Trust launched the World Custom ESG Equity Index Fund in late 2012.

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... part of its investment process in its high conviction equities portfolio, and in a more targeted way in its socially responsible investment (SRI) portfolio, which uses both overweights towards ESG outperformance and negative screens to eliminate undesired ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... be used to support IFC climate-friendly projects in developing countries. It was principally allocated to socially responsible investment portfolios and was heavily oversubscribed, IFC said. "We're actively trying to make our government bond portfolio ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... organisation as well as the opportunity to lead a not-for-profit investment group that is well established as a socially responsible fund manager with the potential for further development." Walsh has more than 30 years' funds and risk management experience ...

Bendigo Wealth to provide support to Cool Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... families," the bank said in a statement. "Cool Australia will also help us shape our thinking as we develop socially responsible investment solutions for this future generation of adults concerned about their footprint on this planet."

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... low carbon economy. Earlier this month, the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France announced it had issued a socially responsible bond. The â,¬80m, 12 year bond was facilitated by Credit Agricole and the coupon was 3.42%. According to Kidney, there was ...