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Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... scores are showing better market performance. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment and partner, Mercer Additionally, there is evidence to suggest that fund managers that implement ESG investing styles are finding outperformance ...

Future IM/Pact builds database of female students interested in finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... building off of a base of 350 highly engaged female students. Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader, Mercer Future IM/Pact is an industry-sponsored initiative and employee value proposition designed to help diverse talent see how they ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... paper draws on the modelling of Mercer's report, Investing in a Time of Climate Change - The Sequel. Modelling in the Mercer report suggests that under a scenario where global warming is constrained to 2C, average sector-level return impacts to 2050 ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets working groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... products and services to better account for risk and impact. Alexis Cheang, partner, head of ANZ, responsible investment, Mercer, chairs this working group. - Technical Working Group 3: Making better informed financial decisions by enhancing disclosures ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... urgency for investors to gauge short term as well as long-term impacts of climate change according to new research from Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Institutional investors with a growth asset allocation ...

Future IM/Pact signs two new partners, launches student events

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... and launched student networking events in Sydney and Melbourne. Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader, Mercer Future IM/Pact is an industry-sponsored initiative and employee value proposition designed to help diverse talent see how ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - The Highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report moderated a panel discussion addressing these questions in Melbourne. Sponsored by MSCI and hosted by Mercer, the panel comprised Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible Investment, Mercer; Michelle Brisbane, CEO, Ethical ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - Full Discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report moderated a panel discussion addressing these questions in Melbourne. Sponsored by MSCI and hosted by Mercer, the panel comprised Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible Investment, Mercer; Michelle Brisbane, CEO, Ethical ...

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Mercer is launching an industry-sponsored initiative, Future IM/Pact, aimed at increasing the diversity of talent coming into the investment management industry, specifically the lack of women coming into - and progressing through - the industry. Future ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
With responsible investments reaching more than a quarter of all investments globally, Mercer is urging business leaders to adopt a "Business As Different" (B.A.D.) approach to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues. Alexis Cheang ...