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Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... been brought to the fore, institutional investors have told BNP Paribas Securities Services. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance, BNP Paribas Securities Services With scandals such as the discovery that car manufacturer ...

Companies considering implication of BEPS reform: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... a position of "tension" with the OECD, said Brahma Sharma, global head of markets tax, regional partner and COO- Asia Pacific tax at KPMG. "In terms of all the OECD developments, some countries in Asia are not members of the OECD, but they have been ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... according to a new study by CDP and AECOM. According to the Global Cities Report 2015, participating cities in the Asia Pacific region collectively receive 15% of their electricity from non-fossil fuel sources. By contrast, Latin American cities average ...

EY appoints new climate change and sustainability leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Bell succeeds Mathew Nelson as Oceania Climate Change and Sustainability Leader, as Nelson has been appointed EY's Asia Pacific Climate Change and Sustainability Leader. "There is sometimes a perception that it is just the banks and resource companies ...

NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific at Northern Trust Asset Management Northern Trust will manage the passive Barclays Global Aggregate fixed income mandate ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... definition of consumer leases closer to the standards of the consumer credit code." Earlier this year, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report examining various social, regulatory and governance issues relating to ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... an excess of 500 megawatts of capacity. Jamie Summons, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' Head of Weather Solutions for Asia Pacific. This is a first-of-its kind derivative for a windfall portfolio, and the hedge is innovative because it is tied to megawatt ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... approaches to risk and return, according to Northern Trust. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific at Northern Trust Asset Management Wayne Bowers, chief executive officer and chief investment officer for Europe, the ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... will provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) data for customised reporting purposes. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance, BNP Paribas Securities Services BNP Paribas is using data from Thomson Reuters, covering ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... risk modelling as they would other factors, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Mercer has launched Investing in a Time of Climate Change, a follow up on its 2011 study, Climate Change Scenarios ...