MSCI Expands Family of Low Carbon Indexes
22 Setembro 2014 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
- Innovative approach aims to reduce
carbon emissions exposure with low tracking error by re-weighing
all securities in the index
- Low carbon strategy supported by
Generation Investment Management
- Addresses call for action from UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision
support tools worldwide, announced today the expansion of its
family of Low Carbon Indexes with the launch of the MSCI Global Low
Carbon Target Indexes. These indexes complement the MSCI Global Low
Carbon Leaders Indexes launched earlier this month.
The MSCI Global Low Carbon Target Indexes were developed in
response to investor demand for benchmarks designed to help
identify potential risks associated with the transition to a low
carbon economy while representing the performance of the broad
equity market.
Commenting on the launch, David Blood, Senior Partner of
Generation Investment Management*, said, “There is growing
awareness of the risks of holding stranded carbon assets, yet there
have been few practical tools, such as benchmarks, that focus on
carbon risk exposure. We congratulate MSCI on the launch of these
new indexes and on achieving an important milestone for investors
in the shift to a low carbon economy.”
“MSCI’s family of low carbon indexes is a significant step in
the right direction by a leading global index provider and should
help fill the gap for low carbon benchmarks for investment
products,” added Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the
Investments of the Assets of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension
Fund, Yukio Takasu.
The MSCI Global Low Carbon Target Indexes re-weigh stocks based
on their carbon exposure in the form of carbon emissions and fossil
fuel reserves. The indexes are designed to achieve maximum carbon
exposure reduction given a specific tracking error target while
including all the companies in the parent index.
The MSCI Global Low Carbon Target Indexes are based on the MSCI
ACWI Index, the global policy benchmark covering developed and
emerging markets, and utilize MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics data from MSCI
ESG Research Inc.
Remy Briand, Managing Director and Global Head of Index and ESG
Research, added, “We are very happy to see increasing interest in
low carbon index strategies from leading asset owners and pension
funds around the world such as the United Nations Joint Staff
Pension Fund. We are committed to providing a comprehensive and
actionable suite of tools to help our clients manage their exposure
to carbon risk.”
For more information, please visit our website.
About MSCI
MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support
tools to investors globally, including asset managers, banks, hedge
funds and pension funds. MSCI products and services include
indexes, portfolio risk and performance analytics, and ESG data and
research.
The company’s flagship product offerings are: the MSCI indexes
with over USD 9 trillion estimated to be benchmarked to them on a
worldwide basis1; Barra multi-asset class factor models, portfolio
risk and performance analytics; RiskMetrics multi-asset class
market and credit risk analytics; IPD real estate information,
indexes and analytics; MSCI ESG (environmental, social and
governance) Research screening, analysis and ratings; and FEA
valuation models and risk management software for the energy and
commodities markets. MSCI is headquartered in New York, with
research and commercial offices around the world.
1As of March 31, 2014, as reported on June 25, 2014, by
eVestment, Lipper and Bloomberg
* According to a filing made by Generation Investment Management
LLP (“Generation”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 14, 2014, Generation is a shareholder of
MSCI, with holdings in excess of 5% of MSCI’s common stock.
For further information on MSCI, please visit our web site
at www.msci.com
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