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Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... developed using Barclay's fixed income indices and MSCI's ESG research. The three categories - Barclays MSCI Socially Responsible (SRI) Indices, the Barclays MSCI Sustainability Indices, and the Barclays MSCI ESG Weighted Indices - cater to different ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... assets for clients across the globe, as of the end of 2012, and has over 20 years of experience managing socially responsible portfolios and socially-screened assets. Northern Trust launched the World Custom ESG Equity Index Fund in late 2012.

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... part of its investment process in its high conviction equities portfolio, and in a more targeted way in its socially responsible investment (SRI) portfolio, which uses both overweights towards ESG outperformance and negative screens to eliminate undesired ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... be used to support IFC climate-friendly projects in developing countries. It was principally allocated to socially responsible investment portfolios and was heavily oversubscribed, IFC said. "We're actively trying to make our government bond portfolio ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... organisation as well as the opportunity to lead a not-for-profit investment group that is well established as a socially responsible fund manager with the potential for further development." Walsh has more than 30 years' funds and risk management experience ...

Bendigo Wealth to provide support to Cool Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... families," the bank said in a statement. "Cool Australia will also help us shape our thinking as we develop socially responsible investment solutions for this future generation of adults concerned about their footprint on this planet."

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... low carbon economy. Earlier this month, the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France announced it had issued a socially responsible bond. The â,¬80m, 12 year bond was facilitated by Credit Agricole and the coupon was 3.42%. According to Kidney, there was ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... teams covering equities, fixed income, private equity and alternative asset classes. We have one dedicated socially responsible equities investment team, but across the broader firm the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors ...

Emerald Club and Premium Wealth Management sign alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... those dealer groups and other dealer groups to try and expand their approved product lists to include more socially responsible investment and potentially the [Emerald] Wrap as a vehicle to those socially responsible investments." Over the next 12 months ...

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... abnormalities or red-flag particular issues within a mainstream ASX300 portfolio, thus broadening the appeal beyond socially responsible investment portfolios and into mainstream equity funds. Information on a stock is analysed monthly, with daily updates ...