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EY buys Net Balance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... merger. Merging with EY also brings Net Balance access to new clients and work, as well as opportunities to work in Asia Pacific and more resources, Jeyaretnam told The Sustainability Report. Net Balance brings "expertise and experience across the sustainability ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... return, according to Northern Trust Asset Management. 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 Middle ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... expertise to our global team," said Helga Birgden, Mercer partner and head of Mercer's responsible investments for Asia Pacific. "In light of new industry requirements to publish a proxy voting policy and disclose voting results, Alexis will also add ...

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... public activism, specifically the last decade of environment policy making and public engagement in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, University of Melbourne said. His research will also "focus on Indigenous and environmental collaborations for ...

Sustainable Business Australia named WBCSD global partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... innovation and it is here that business plays a critical role." There are more than 30 WBCSD global network partners in Asia Pacific, and joining gives SBA an opportunity to cooperate and interact with regional peers, said Andrew Petersen, CEO SBA. WBCSD ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... because of the principles based approach of fiduciary duty," said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer and a close collaborator on the project. "The key is to encourage trustees to exercise their minds, to consider ...

IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the carbon emissions trading market in Shenzhen," said Tania Lozansky, IFC's regional head of advisory services in Asia Pacific. "It marks a new chapter in IFC's efforts to help mitigate climate change and allows China's private sector to profit from ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... MSCI has less than two years' data," said Bert Rebelo, senior vice president- institutional business and strategy Asia Pacific, asset management at Northern Trust. "I think it would actually lend itself to emerging markets, but we can't prove it."

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... sophisticated approaches and they think it's more important. That is really interesting to us, particularly in the context of Asia Pacific. We found that overall, South Africa and Asian Pacific investors really get it." However, the survey found that ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... technique for managing ESG exposures, and it is an extensively used technique, said Jon Shead, head of portfolio strategy Asia Pacific at SSgA. It is less commonly used in passive mandates, but rather seen as part of active equity management, Shead said. ...