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Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Rachel Alembakis, publisher, The Sustainability Report, Alexis Cheang, principal, senior responsible investment consultant, Mercer, Michael Salvatico, vice president, MSCI ESG Research A panel of experts spoke on the issue of fossil fuel divestment this ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Mercer is revisiting the topic of a 2011 study examining the strategic asset allocation implications of climate change scenarios, partnering with a group of institutional investors that manage more than US$1.5 trillion in assets under management. Helga ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
More than half of superannuation funds participating in a recent Mercer survey have reported that they do not currently have independent directors on their trustee boards. Pam McAlister, partner and senior governance consultant, Mercer Mercer surveyed ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Alexis Cheang as a senior responsible investment consultant within Mercer's Responsible Investment team. Cheang is based in Sydney and will work with Mercer's investment clients "in helping them implement Mercer's recently launched ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Authority (APRA). "The goal is to have the same licensing level as any other retail fund manager," Walsh said. "We've engaged Mercer Legal to move to the licensing level this year, and we are recruiting a full time compliance manager to run that process.... ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and Mercer have produced a video training module featuring superannuation trustees and professionals acting in a trustee board meeting role-play that considers concrete steps for integrating climate change ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... innovation and a practical response for investors, according to Jane Ambachtsheer, global head of responsible investment at Mercer. Jane Ambachtsheer, Mercer's global head of responsible investment Mercer has developed a framework for investor clients ...

Remuneration consultant disclosure regime questioned

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... were taking recommendations in 2012." The professional services firms - PwC, Deloitte/Towers Watson, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Mercer and Egan Associates were consultants commonly disclosed as providing remuneration advice, the report noted. The report also ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... the results of a global survey of investment practices. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer The third Global Investor Survey on Climate Change was commissioned by the networks of the global investor coalition on climate ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... responsible funds as well as funds managed under ESG integration that are rated as above average by investment consultant Mercer, according to RIAA. The benchmark report also found that five-year returns of responsible investment funds have outperformed ...