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Barclays, MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... evaluates, and classifies green bonds to help determine an appropriate benchmark index methodology," the firms said. "MSCI ESG Research offers institutional investors an independent and objective evaluation of Green Bond securities with an aim to meet ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... investment." ESG factors have also been used to create thematic indices, noted Michael Salvatico, vice president at MSCI ESG Research. "We have seen investors who have gone down the road of taking a theme like alternative energy or green buildings, and ...

Video: Taking ESG integration to the investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... featured Kelly Christodoulou, ESG Manager, Investments, Australian Super, Michael Salvatico, Vice President, MSCI ESG Research, Roger Urwin, Advisory Director, MSCI; Global head of Investment Content, Towers, and Bob Welsh, Executive Director, Sustainability ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... these portfolios; and the potential impact of responsible investment strategies. The panel was sponsored by MSCI ESG Research and Barclays. Moderated by Rachel Alembakis, publisher of The Sustainability Report, the panel featured Bill Hartnett, Local ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... growing and the market maturing, there is a clear need both for access to the underlying metrics that support MSCI ESG Research's analyst assessments as well as for historical data," said Remy Briand, managing director and head of MSCI Index and ESG ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... their carbon dioxide emissions." Earlier this year, Northern Trust announced that it was collaborating with MSCI ESG Research and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and it had created the first emerging markets custom index to incorporate environmental ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Mariner Investment Group, a global alternative asset manager, has selected MSCI ESG Research to provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and portfolio analytics. Mariner Group has subscribed to MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics, a reporting ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... based on three categories of strategies. Laura Nishikawa, vice president and head of fixed income ESG research, MSCI ESG Research The Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices will be independently marketed by both companies and were developed using Barclay's ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG Research and Institutional Shareholder Services' (ISS) ESG screens. The MSCI Emerging Markets Custom ESG Index and the Northern Trust ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Salvatico MSCI have released research in which they used their Intangible Value Assessment (IVA) ratings from MSCI ESG Research in conjunction with the Barra Global Equity Model (GEM3) to construct portfolios optimized for ESG ratings while holding other ...