Fund Manager: AIG Investments Japan Co., Ltd.
Research Provider: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)
- Pioneer in SRI-related research since 1972
- Recognized for objective, impartial, and independent evaluations
- 10+ years experience evaluating Japanese companies
- 34 analysts dedicated to SRI-related research
- 8 analysts dedicated to SRI research on Japanese companies
- ISS acquired the commercial business of the Investor Responsibility Research Center in June 2005 and became a member company of RiskMetrics Group in January 2007
Fund Name: AIG-Saikyo Japan CSR Fund (Nickname: Suiren)
Launch Date: Mar-05
Screening (except economy): Positive screening across environmental, governance, and stakeholder relations.
KEY Characteristics: AIG Investments believes that a company’s economic performance is complemented by the three pillars of corporate social responsibility: environmental policies and performance, commitment to stakeholders, and corporate governance (“ESG”),. The fund's investment approach incorporates objective research, evaluation criteria relevant to the Japanese market, positive screening techniques and active portfolio management in order to optimize the Fund’s investment performance. Based on the philosophy that socially responsible companies will create sustainable value in the mid-to-long term, the fund evaluates companies for more than 200 criteria across environmental policies and performance, stakeholder relations, and corporate governance., The “AIG-Saikyo Japan CSR Fund” invests in Japanese equities and is only available to investors located within Japan. AIG Investments’ Japan SRI equity strategy is available to investors outside of Japan on a separate account basis.
Asset Value: 2.1 billion Yen (as of June 2008)
Additional information (Contents in Japanese only): http://www.aiginvestments.co.jp/fund/40314053/feature.html
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