All MSCI articles – Page 2
-
News
Migros aligns foreign equity portfolio to MSCI Climate Paris index
The fund has set a low ceiling of 1% of revenues generated from coal mining as a criteria to exclude such companies from its portfolio
-
News
ESG roundup: Zurich UK switches $1bn to new ESG benchmark
New ESG benchmark delivers 30% cut in constituents’ carbon emissions ‘and enhanced ESG outcomes’ relative to parent
-
News
MSCI launches solution to assess crowding
Models designed to enable investors to identify potential bubbles and assess security, factor, and hedge fund crowding
-
News
Swiss APK kicks off climate strategy with equity indexes
The indexes are intended to help identify potential risks associated with the transition to a low carbon economy
-
News
ESG roundup: NN IP sees €300bn green bond issuance next year
Plus: GPIF allocates to gender-diversity index; Denmark’s Sampension adds 79 stocks to blacklist
-
News
Oxford Uni adds van Steenis to investment team, partners with BlackRock
OUem selected BlackRock to create the bespoke equity index fund following the firm’s commitment to make sustainability its standard for investing
-
News
Emissions data status quo dilutes investor climate action impact
Research Affiliates publishes research, launches EU climate benchmark index aiming to drive more company emissions reporting
-
News
ESG roundup: MSCI’s new tool assists investors align with UN SDGs
Plus: 2° Investing Initiative launches PACTA for Banks
-
News
PenSam hands €2.6bn equities to Amundi, keeps Nordea for rest [updated]
French asset manager wins Danish pension fund’s climate change index mandate
-
News
Ilmarinen invests €500m in passive ESG EM equities via Amundi
Finland’s biggest pension insurance firm announces seed investment via ETF it co-developed with Amundi
-
News
Denmark’s PFA says sustainable investment does not harm returns
MSCI’s Europe ESG Leaders outperformed in COVID-19 crisis, says chief strategist
-
News
People moves: AP3’s new equity manager; Hymans names DB partner [updated]
AP3, Hymans Robertson, LCP, Redington, WTW, PGIM, CPPIB, NN Investment Partners, XPS, BNP Paribas Asset Management, JPMorgan AM, Kempen, T Rowe Price, TOBAM, MSCI, First State, AMOI, CAIA
-
News
ESG roundup: New COVID-19 bill to provide legal certainty about AGMs [updated]
Plus: ESG metrics, scores moves; COVID-19 corporate governance expectations; Folksam green bond purchase; Stewardship reporting
-
News
Shell’s Dutch scheme introduces own ESG benchmark
The scheme moved 40% of its equity holdings – 22.6% of its entire portfolio at year-end – to its custom ESG benchmark
-
News
PostNL builds tailor-made sustainable equity index
The index is applicable to all its European equity holdings
-
News
PenSam adopts MSCI Climate Index for €4.8bn equities portfolio
Danish pension fund says move is step towards aligning portfolio with Paris Climate Agreement
-
News
Switzerland’s Publica develops ‘climate efficient’ equity index
Innovative index replaces previous ad hoc, partial approach
-
News
Aon: factor investing overcrowding fears ‘not justified’
It is unrealistic to foresee a situation where factor premiums are wiped out completely
-
News
Climate roundup: More providers anticipate EU climate benchmark rules
Plus: MSCI climate value-at-risk tool, BMO GAM engagement priority
-
News
Wellcome Trust warns of slowdown after 6.9% return
‘The portfolio has performed well in challenging macro circumstances’