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Solaris Investment Management augments distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... style-neutral Australian equities boutique fund manager. The firm, a UNPRI signatory, uses ESG considerations as one of its qualitative analysis factors. See Also: Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact Solaris appoint ESG analyst

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... early experience has shown several areas for future improvement by reporters to develop best practice - identifying qualitative materiality issues, establishing assurance process, making logical links and flows and other issues. The report also notes ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... are changes that have been made," Birgden said. "There is a lot of work that is done that involves quantitative and qualitative work to arrive at allocations. It's important to note that - it's part of the investment process." Asset owners should be ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... two broad exclusions we have. Outside of that, it's really on a case by case basis. We've incorporated ESG into our qualitative analysis at the company level. So every time an analyst looks at the stock, they look within the three broad headings and ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... school in order to address the lack of appropriately-skilled people in the workforce, the paper said. AXA IM conducted qualitative interviews with oil and gas experts and with multinational companies. Worryingly for investors, AXA IM found in its research ...

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... into portfolio measurement and monitoring. The partnership combines GBST's quantitative data strategies with CAER's qualitative research. "CAER have a system that ranks companies on different criteria," said Kathy Taylor-Hofmann, head of GBST Quantitative ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Super would focus on a narrative style of disclosing the results of impact investments, with Murphy saying that a qualitative style of noting social value is more resonant with the ultimate superannuation member. "Given the membership, to give them quantitative ...

Global Reporting Initiative publishes events sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... organisers to be more transparent about their activities' impacts, Fleur said. The guidance defines how to provide qualitative and quantitative information on sustainability issues. "Sustainability is an integral consideration in planning and delivering ...

Stockland increases green star ratings, reduces water use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... interviews and group discussions with our major retailers, national specialty chains and independent retailers. This qualitative research provided us with valuable insights into how we are perceived in the marketplace relative to industry peers.... Retailers ...

Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... style-neutral Australian equities boutique fund manager. The firm, a UNPRI signatory, uses ESG considerations as one of its qualitative analysis factors, said Katherine Youhanna, head of client services and marketing at Solaris. "ESG factors are assessed ...