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Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... portfolio and how to invest in potential sources of ESG alpha in a way that is commensurate with their strategic asset allocation goals. "Because we have a specialist team of 16 globally that works on ESG for our clients, we produce a lot of research ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... exposure to those externalities through active ownership strategies and integration of ESG factor analysis into asset allocation. Towers Watson cites the UNPRI statistic that the total cost of those three externalities exceeded US$2.5tr in 2008. Universal ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... researcher and project manager for Mercer's February report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which found that the impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination could cost institutional ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... appointment in the wake of last month's launch of their report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation. The Mercer report estimates that institutional investors globally could stand to lose as much as US$8tr by 2030 because ...

Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon emission policies up to US$8tr by 2030, according to Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation. If the international community's mitigation response to carbon emission is strong, the industries that would be worse ...