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Sustainable office trust attracts major new investor

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... about investment opportunities that have positive environmental and social benefits and meet our rigorous Ethical/ESG investment due diligence process," Bird said. EG executive director Roger Parker said securing UFS as an investor would enable HISOT ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... report will be well received by shareholder groups who in recent years have agitated for greater disclosure of ESG investment risks," Rolfe said. "Recognising ESG factors as critical to the financial performance of entities is key to both initial and ...

Standard Life Investments appoints ESG head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Standard Life Investments has promoted one of its senior fund managers to head of stewardship and ESG investment with Guy Jubb retiring at the end of March. Euan Stirling joined Standard Life Investments' as a UK equity analyst in 2001 from Schroder ...

Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... infrastructure manager. It will mark another key addition to Cbus' growing investment team, following the appointment of ESG investment manager Nicole Bradford in November. Cbus executive manager investment strategy Kristian Fok said there is great potential ...

Cbus appoints ESG investment manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has appointed a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment manager and is increasing company research and its direct engagement program. Joining the $31 billion fund is Nicole Bradford, replacing Louise ...

AMP appoints ESG analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... advisory service Ownership Matters, a corporate governance advisory service. "She brings a unique perspective to the ESG investment research team, which provides proprietary investment insights to AMP Capital's equities and fixed income investment teams," ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... claim Reynolds cited a 2013 meta study by the Deutsche Bank Global Financial Institute that found companies with ESG investment criteria have higher credit ratings and on average lower costs of capital. In describing how ESG principles work in practice ...

Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... members, need meaningful, accurate, timely and comparable data to help them identify and manage their exposure to ESG investment risks as they make decisions about selection and weighting of stocks in their portfolios. This information is also a crucial ...

AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... IM's promotion of its new offering comes after the publication of a white paper that explains how smart beta and ESG investment strategies can complement one another. In the introduction, the paper argues: "Though seemingly unrelated, we believe the ...

State Street wins $780m LGS mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... strategy that meets LGS' need to increase targeted net return outcomes for their members, while adhering to their ESG investment principles," SSgA's head of active Australian equities Olivia Engel said. "The solution for LGS represents the growing client ...