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Industry fund awards ESG mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... ESG performance and risk management with top-down and bottom-up capabilities including viewing the portfolio through ESG data sets. As a result, EISS will have visibility of the tonnes of carbon emissions produced by companies within its portfolio and ...

JPMAM hires ESG expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
J. P. Morgan Asset Management has welcomed an ESG data expert as the regional lead for investment stewardship as part of its commitment to sustainable investing. Felix Lam is the new head of investment stewardship for Asia ex-Japan. His responsibilities ...

BlackRock results reveal Aladdin trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... Lader said. "As BlackRock makes sustainability its standard for investing, we are committed to raising the standards for ESG data and technology. "We're investing in new analytics and software in Aladdin and are also integrating capabilities from strategic ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... deeper and broader implementation of sustainable investing. A total of 53% of global respondents said the poor quality of ESG data and analytics was what was holding them back. This was consistent across all regions. "I think that the quality of ESG ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... provide financially relevant, comparable and decision-useful information." It is vital that companies report relevant ESG data in a standardised way to provide clarity and improve data flow, the group added. "While for many this will require greater ...

Ethical fund manager hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... senior portfolio manager. Lucchese will take ownership of the ethical investment strategy, evolving the integration of ESG data and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the investment process, the fund manager said. "I believe that sustainable finance ...

Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... at an "embryonic stage," particularly outside of Europe, Morningstar said. Still, the lack of consistent and reliable ESG data has been the source of ongoing frustration in all jurisdictions, the research paper noted. "Data coverage can be incomplete ...

Bloomberg launches ESG ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... scoring methodologies along with underlying data to help finance professionals making informed investment decisions. "ESG data is critical to the investment process," she said. "By providing transparent ESG data and scores, we are helping investors decode ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... previously told The Sustainability Report that developing a proprietary scoring system is designed to improve the quality of ESG data the fund manager uses for investment decisions, the spokesperson said, pointing to "factors like lack of standardisation ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... subject still for Australian funds and US ones. "The tool is also for asset managers who tend to consume wide range of ESG data, often buying directly from multiple vendors."