Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 22 results for %22MSCI ACWI%22

Podcast: Capturing green returns - Mamadou-Abou Sarr

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... launched an ESG and carbon transition index strategy that aligns with the Your Future, Your Super performance test. The V-Square MSCI Global Equity ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Indexed Strategy tracks the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ...

bfinance sounds alarm on "overly simplistic" carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... low volatility equity strategies have a median weighted average carbon intensity (WACI) that is 52% higher than the MSCI ACWI index and value strategies have a median WACI that is 4% above the benchmark. Quality and growth strategies have median WACI ...

V-Square launches ESG index strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... an unconstrained tracking error and V-Square plans to develop a second version to target a lower tracking error. The MSCI ACWI ex-Australia ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Select Special Tax Index is a universe consisting of large and mid-capitalization ...

Munro Partners, GSFM launch climate ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... utilities sre the top three sectors. Since inception, last year, the fund has returned 8.3%, outperforming the benchmark MSCI ACWI. "We're looking at it from a revenue generation perspective," Calvert said "What we're looking for is companies that are ...

American Century launches small cap fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... small cap earnings growth and attractive small cap valuations relative to large caps." The fund is benchmarked to the MSCI ACWI Small Cap Net ($AUD) Index, and the minimum suggested time frame for investment is at least five years. Gurwich noted that ...

Using total portfolio management to gain China, ESG exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... uncertain world order. Global investors' portfolios to date are still highly geographically concentrated. If you look at MSCI ACWI, it has a weight of 60% to the US and a weight of less than 5% to China... "We will say that by adding Chinese assets to ...

Fossil fuel share offerings sharply underperform: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... loss of nearly US$123 billion or almost a third of the value in absolute terms, according to Carbon Tracker. Compared to MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), these shares transactions have underperformed by almost 52% relative to ACWI during this time ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to the end of September, compared to -0.91% for the wider Emerging Markets index to the same date. By comparison, the MSCI ACWI had a year to date return of 1.77% and the MSCI World index had a return of 2.12%. It has long been a perception that ESG ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... research companies with controlling shareholders and companies that are family-owned, and examined companies on the MSCI ACWI index that has either a significant shareholder with a greater than 50% share of the company and companies that are founder ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... such as the S&P 500 and FTSE 100, have experienced their worst quarter since 1987. The MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI), an index of equities from developed and emerging markets, fell by a third from its peak in early February to its quarterly ...
PAGE:
1
PREVIOUS
NEXT