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Moody's adds to CreditView platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... has announced that it has enhanced its CreditView platform by adding a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate analysis. Moody's said the expansion is part of its push to deliver an integrated suite of ESG solutions to the ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... factor quality (41%), equal or alternative weighted strategies (38%), and environmental, social, and governance strategies (ESG) (28%).

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... the indices measure the performance of stocks involved in business activities that avoid controversies and are aligned with ESG investors' values in their respective parent indices. It said the move has come as US and global investors aim to further ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... Search, Rio Tinto, BHP and Woodside Petroleum. A spokesperson for AMP Capital said: "AMP Capital has a strong commitment to ESG and making responsible investments on behalf of our clients. Over the last 20 years we've been integrating our ESG philosophy ...

Robo advice solution set to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... Advice have partnered to launch a white label digital advice platform, set to feature actively managed portfolios and over 30 ESG filters. This will make it the most comprehensive robo advice service in the Australian market, and possibly the world ...

MSCI launches UN SDG alignment tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... environment and society, and report on those efforts, compared to their counterparts in developing economies," MSCI head of ESG research and executive director Olga Emelianova said. MSCI head of ESG Remy Briand, said there is increasing demand from investors ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... a move the fund says is in align with the Paris Agreement. The $83 billion fund said it already has $8 billion invested in ESG strategies and that it will now divest all companies deriving more than 10% of revenue from thermal coal mining. "The announcement ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... industry position, a sound balance sheet, strong company management, earnings strength, income sustainability and growth, and low ESG risk," Nicol said. The fund classifies income-generating companies as: growers, compounders, cows or yielders. Growers ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... live again on October 1. Given the increased preference for ethical investments, ASAM has plans to look at implementing an ESG screen or a separate ESG fund. "When everyone couldn't meet in person and the market was going nuts we were concerned the mentor ...

MSCI launches domestic index series

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... Australian-domiciled institutional investors. The Australia Domestic Index Series has more than 50 domestic indices that benchmarks ESG, factors and market capitalisation among others, specific to the Australian equity market. The new indices integrate ...