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UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... Environmental Opportunities (GEO) investment option will be internalised and the MSCI ESG Research Sustainable Impact Metrics database adopted for portfolio construction. The GEO fund will seek to maintain an average environmental revenue target of greater ...

Morningstar partners to drive adviser ESG education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... appropriate investments. "We are excited to work with Morningstar, a distinguished industry leader and pioneer in evaluating ESG metrics with its Morningstar Sustainability RatingTM for funds, to launch the MMI/Morningstar Sustainable Investing Initiative," ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... themes have led institutional investors to increasingly focus both on the materiality of ESG factors as well as outcome metrics aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals." According to a study completed by TIAA in 2015, three in four (76%) investors ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... single word about normalisation, it's on its way in the US. She did warn about "rich" asset valuations based on traditional metrics like P/E ratios but qualified that: "those ratios ought to depend on long-term interest rates." Perhaps, but while the ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... concern over the elevated levels of asset valuations. "Asset valuations are somewhat rich if you use some traditional metrics like price earnings ratios, but I wouldn't try to comment on appropriate valuations, and those ratios ought to depend on long-term ...

Reporting overhaul to hit insurer profits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... of the insurance organisation. "New systems and processes will have to be built to produce and report the numbers, and metrics for steering the business will change," he said. International Accounting Standards Board chair Hans Hoogervorst said: "The ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
MSCI has launched a new interactive tool that assesses environmental, social and governance metrics for 8500 companies globally. The MSCI ESG Metrics helps investors measure a portfolio's ESG risk, particularly where a lack of data can be a significant ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... according to the Risk Adviser Sentiment Index, which was based on a survey of 209 financial advisers. Four out of the five metrics tracked by the study recorded modest improvements compared to two years ago. Advisers were generally positive about the ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... is now finally kicking this angle," he said. "Whether it's different quantitative strategies or robo-advisers or other metrics, it's a natural cleansing process. It's great ground-shaking turmoil but it's totally expected." He adds funds management is ...

Industry fund launches ethical investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... Australasia, and funds within in it are managed with a responsible investment framework combining traditional performance metrics with environmental, social and governance criteria. It excludes investing in companies specifically involved in the manufacture ...