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CSC contributes to global ESG think tank

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... owners and asset managers, whereby a managers' fee structure should optimally be linked to long-term financial performance metrics. "In as much as we advocate for optimal corporate governance practices in the companies we invest in, we also desire to ...

Advice practices pass health check

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... disruption. Client retention and acquisition are front of mind, along with a forensic level of understanding of key financial metrics within a practice. Heading in to 2017, the report says one area of vulnerability lacking a corresponding focus is that ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... Street global head of CAR, Suzanne Duncan, said. "When investment professionals are asked to deliver against inappropriate metrics on an inappropriate time horizon, their passion for markets eventually becomes divorced from their true purpose - achieving ...

NAS debuts carbon reporting service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... portfolio level, covering sector and particular stocks. "Through our service, asset owners can access company level carbon metrics supporting easy identification of significant carbon contributors within individual portfolios," NAS executive general ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... difference between this product and those that incorporate ESG integration or screens is that BlackRock reports the social metrics to investors. "Clients see how their portfolio is performing in not only the financial space but also the social space," ...

Pharmaceuticals and tires top new Thomson Reuters diversity index

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... Reuters' Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) index. The new index ranks the top 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide across 24 metrics to determine their diversity and inclusivity. The metrics are split into four categories: diversity, inclusion, people ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... environmental impact analysis for the smaller cap global specialists strategy, assured by EY. Jenkyn-Jones says the additional metrics help investors gain a better understanding of the positive environmental outcome of their allocation, focusing on C02 ...

Standard Life appoints RI analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... been head of ESG research business development for the UK and Northern Europe at MSCI. He has also held roles at Risk Metrics, Innovest and New York Climate Rescue. Sophie Rahm, meanwhile, joins Standard Life's ESG investment team from Schroders, where ...

NAS launches ESG reporting service

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) insight reporting service, allowing clients to assess and monitor a range of ESG metrics. The service provides the firm's asset servicing clients including superannuation funds with deeper insights into their ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Institutional investors are calling for metrics to analyse companies' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the belief that these can correlate with positive financial performance. Michele Giuditta, associate director at global analytics ...