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Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... different language." It is early days but Man AHL's natural language processing is also looking at the implications for ESG investing. Ledford said the language processing may identify ESG connectivity between companies that wouldn't ordinarily ...

Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... assess their ability to invest sustainably. "We require our investment managers to consider a range of factors, including ESG risks, when selecting investments in their portfolios and when exercising voting rights," Rest said. The fund is currently recruiting ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... single female board member, 21 have appointed a woman to their board, with one other committing to do the same. SSGA head of ESG investments and asset stewardship Rakhi Kumar said SSGA was proud of the influence its campaign had garnered. "Since her ...

BT Financial Group divests Ascalon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... will allow the business to build capability in funds management that will enable participation in the growth expected in the ESG space. Completion of the transaction is subject to approval from the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and internal ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... of tobacco related products. The firm said Ex-Tobacco Involvement indexes would become part of the standard offering in its ESG index module. MSCI global head of ESG indexes Deborah Yang said demand for exclusionary indexes was growing all over the world. ...

Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... competition," McDonald said. According to AXA IM, about 60% of its total assets under management - around $714 billion - is "ESG-integrated" assets. "AXA IM is firmly of the view that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors such as diversity ...

S&P Dow Jones partners with pension fund giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices has partnered with an international pension fund that will benchmark its ESG investment strategy against two newly launched indices. The Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is using two of S&P's new ...

WTW launches ESG index strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
Willis Towers Watson has developed a new strategy which integrates ESG factors in the investment process with the help of a major index provider. WTW teamed up with MSCI to establish the Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index. The strategy offers equity ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... launched at the University of New South Wales, where students will run a concentrated long-short portfolio of ASX 300 stocks with ESG filters. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael Gallagher worked with a university ...

Asset manager gives ESG data to BNY subsidiary

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
A BNY Mellon company has partnered with a global asset manager to integrate ESG data into the investment platforms of its clients. Eagle Investment Systems - a subsidiary of global giant BNY Mellon - partnered with Arabesque to implement its Arabesque ...