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FTSE index launch for insto investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... investment strategies. Partnered with CDP and ENDS Carbon, the four new indices focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analytics, index construction and weighting methodologies to reduce long-term investment risks of climate change for ...

Local Government Super adopts ESG risk tools

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
Local Government Super has signed with MSCI Inc to introduce ESG risk and impact tools to its portfolios. The $6bn super fund currently invests around $3.3bn in responsible investment strategies and will use MSCI's environmental, social, and governance ...

AXA IM to expand responsible investment focus

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... fund management decision-making, and enhanced value-added insights and a proactive engagement strategy to discuss specific ESG themes with companies in conjunction with milestones and goals. According to Matt Christensen, who was recently appointed AXA ...

ASFA recognises super industry's best marcomms campaigns

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... Award winners is below: Campaign of the Year HOSTPLUS Choose quality Innovation of the year HOSTPLUS Cook for Your career Best ESG communications Colonial First State An easy change... can make a world of difference. Best use of public relations HOSTPLUS ...

ESG adds value but in moderation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Integrating ESG principles into portfolio management can boost returns and control risk provided it's done intelligently and is not taken to excess, finds new research from Plato Investment Management. But not getting the balance right detracts from ...

Franklin Templeton launches Australian equity fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... sustainable earnings and employs a fundamental value approach and internal bottom-up analysis. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are considered as well as after-tax outcomes for investors. "This fund is an important development for our ...

Social investments hinge on the right financing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... adjusted returns are available to investors," said Murphy. Christian Super has a mandate to make investments that uphold high ESG standards and is a founding signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). "We hope to continue ...

Tributes flow for governance visionary

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... people in the Australian Superannuation and Investment industry to realise that Environment, Social and (Corporate) Governance (ESG) issues and how they were managed really did make a difference to the performance of companies and therefore the investment ...

Hunter Hall Asian value fund earns three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... animals or the environment. S&P said the manager was distinguished as much by its focus on ethical, social and governance (ESG) issues as its style. The Asian Value Trust is benchmarked against an 80%/20% blend of the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Total Return ...

Regnan announces new manager director

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) specialist Regnan has promoted former deputy managing director Amanda Wilson as the new managing director of the company. Regnan produces investment-ready ESG data on S&P/ASX200 companies, designed ...