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Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... processes. Currently, ESG is "en vogue concept" but the challenge is if people truly believe in the concept. Investing in an ESG index product without due process or discretion doesn't make sense, he said. As an active investment manager, he added ...

Financial services giants launch ESG indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... governance (ESG) indices for institutional investors. J.P. Morgan and BlackRock have joined forces to create the J.P. Morgan ESG Index (JESG), which aims to meet bond investors' growing demand for a benchmark that targets emerging market issuers with ...

Global reinsurer adopts ESG framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... integrating environmental, social and governance criteria into its investment decisions through the use of the equity MSCI ESG Index and the fixed income Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Corporate Sustainability Index. The company said it is convinced that accounting ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... build a well-diversified ESG portfolio," O'Brien said. She added that TIAA's analysis found little to no difference in ESG index returns compared to those of broad market benchmarks and that incorporating ESG criteria in individual security selection ...

Westpac tops S&P ESG index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Westpac has been determined the financial services industry leader in the S&P Dow Jones global sustainability benchmark. The S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices annual review, developed in partnership with RobecoSAM, showed that Westpac comfortably ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... Change (IGCC) as a more productive way of dealing with the issue than simply not investing. But while AMP Capital's ESG index is certainly more environmentally sound than the ASX index, super funds' use of labels such as 'green' or 'eco' may mislead ...
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