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CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Zealand, has also hired Will Oulton as global head of responsible investment, based in London. Oulton comes to CFSGAM from Mercer Investments London, where he was head of responsible investment EAMA. Oulton is the vice president of the European Sustainable ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... portfolio," but a lack of issuance depth is a challenge for institutional investors, according to investment consultants Mercer. A recent Mercer report comments on rates green bonds' structure and risk/return characteristics, as well as citing the belief ...

IGCC and others launch second global investor survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... provide an important measure of progress for investors themselves," said Stephanie Pfeiffer, IIGCC executive director. Mercer will analyse the survey data. Survey responses are due by March 16 th, and a report of results and accompanying analysis will ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Mercer only gave 9% of more than 5,000 environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies in their database their highest ratings because their evaluation is based on how strategies integrate ESG into the active construction of portfolio ...

Australian Ethical names new chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... analyst and portfolio manager. Prior to joining Australian Ethical, he worked for Macquarie Group, Credit Suisse, Mellon and Mercer covering strategic and tactical asset allocation, sell-side and buy-side research and portfolio construction as well as ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Only 9% of more than 5,000 investment strategies in Mercer database achieve the highest ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings. Mercer has rated strategies within its Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD) for ESG since 2008 ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
More than half of the 12 institutional investors that participated in a 2011 Mercer climate change survey have decided to include climate change considerations in future risk management and/or strategic asset allocation processes. Through the Looking ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... issues are. That communication is the key for this whole area." Richard Fuller, senior responsible investment specialist at Mercer that developing valuations for ESG factors is an area of consideration for Mercer. "Another big thing that we're pre-occupied ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... social and governance policies and practices in their research frameworks." Rudman said that GESB uses its asset consultant, Mercer, for shortlisting and selecting external fund managers. " Mercer's research analysis assesses managers for their ESG awareness ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon pricing scheme is an issue for investors as well, said Richard Fuller Senior Responsible Investment Specialist at Mercer. "Climate change and the carbon tax are really important issues, and perhaps really obvious ones," Fuller said. "Superannuation ...