State Street Global Advisors Launches Rexiter Global Emerging Markets Sustainability Strategy
April 11 2007 - 9:38AM
Business Wire
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm
of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), announced today the
availability of an innovative strategy for institutional investors
to capture the sustainability of emerging markets�the Rexiter
Global Emerging Markets Sustainability Strategy. Developed in
conjunction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC),
Rexiter Capital Management Limited, and Innovest Strategic Value
Advisors, Inc., the commingled strategy is based on a two-year
track record that has outperformed its benchmark since inception
(September 30, 2004)1. The strategy is designed to systematically
integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into
its portfolio construction process and aims to outperform the
return of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by four percent per annum
over the course of a full market cycle. The pioneering Rexiter
Global Emerging Markets Sustainability Strategy aims to establish
best practice for future sustainability strategies in emerging
market equities. Until now, the information and framework investors
needed to integrate environmental and social issues into emerging
markets investments were not available. �Sophisticated investors
are increasingly becoming aware of the impact of sustainability
factors on investment value,� said Bill Page, chair of SSgA's
environmental, social and governance team. �This new strategy
utilizes an established investment process and combines it with a
rigorous environmental, social and governance stock-rating
methodology that aims to generate attractive risk-adjusted
returns.� The strategy, managed by Rexiter, a State Street Global
Alliance company that specializes in emerging market strategies,
applies a sustainability overlay implemented by Innovest. Innovest,
also a Global Alliance company, specializes in the analysis of
companies� environmental and social performance. IFC, which played
a key role in the development of the strategy�s concept and
structure, is the first to invest in the commingled strategy and
will dedicate up to $20 million in equity. �This strategy enables
institutional investors to make long-term investments in emerging
markets while achieving their sustainability goals,� said Rachel
Kyte, IFC director of Environment and Social Development. �I
sincerely hope it will have a catalytic effect and will encourage
others to follow suit. IFC believes this is essential if we are to
put global capital to work for sustainable development.� About
State Street Global Advisors State Street Global Advisors, the
investment management arm of State Street Corporation, delivers
investment strategies and integrated solutions to clients worldwide
across every asset class, investment approach and style. With $1.7
trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2006, State
Street Global Advisors has investment centers in Boston, Hong Kong,
London, Milan, Montreal, Munich, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo
and Zurich, and offices in 25 cities worldwide. About Innovest
Strategic Value Advisors, Inc. Innovest Strategic Value Advisors is
an international investment research and advisory firm specializing
in analyzing companies� performance on environmental, social, and
strategic governance issues, with a particular focus on their
impact on competitiveness, profitability, and share price
performance. Innovest�s institutional investor clients manage
combined assets of over $7 trillion. Innovest was recently rated
the #1 global provider of �non-traditional� investment research in
the Thomson Extel survey of institutional investors. The firm is
also the only pure research provider to be recommended by the
Enhanced Analytics Initiative. Innovest has offices in New York
City, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Paris, Sydney, and Tokyo.
About Rexiter Capital Management Limited. Rexiter Capital
Management Limited ('Rexiter') is a London-based investment
management company specialising in fundamental-based global,
regional and country specific emerging market strategies. The
Rexiter team consists of fifteen investment professionals and six
support staff based in London, Singapore and Seoul. All trading
(along with settlements, compliance and legal services) are
provided by State Street Global Advisors. Assets under management
as at end December 2006 were US$6.7 billion. Rexiter provides
management services to a number of large pension funds, endowments,
foundations , corporate clients and mutual funds. About IFC IFC,
the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, promotes open and
competitive markets in developing countries. IFC supports
sustainable private sector companies and other partners in
generating productive jobs and delivering basic services, so that
people have opportunities to escape poverty and improve their
lives. Through FY06, IFC Financial Products has committed more than
$56 billion in funding for private sector investments and mobilized
an additional $25 billion in syndications for 3,531 companies in
140 developing countries. IFC Advisory Services and donor partners
have provided more than $1 billion in program support to build
small enterprises, to accelerate private participation in
infrastructure, to improve the business enabling environment, to
increase access to finance, and to strengthen environmental and
social sustainability. For more information, please visit
www.ifc.org. 1 The value of investments is exposed to volatile
market influences and can fluctuate accordingly. Past performance
returns do not provide a guarantee that future performance will be
similar.
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