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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 ...

CFSGAM reports on transparency, stewardship of assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... commitments to stewardship principles, according to the fund manager. Pablo Berrutti,head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, CFSGAM CFSGAM's eighth annual responsible investment report has new disclosures around its proceses and activities in responsible ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... LUCRF Super as well as mandates for New Zealand Super. The firm has also had dialogue with a large client in the Asia Pacific region to use its smart beta "Engineered Equity" model to develop a similar fund product that will combine Northern Trusts's ...

Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... considerations in their alternative asset investments, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Mercer and LGT Capital Partners recently conducted a global survey of institutional investors to investigate ...

ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... proposals on the goods rental/leasing side, and other proposals relating to interest rates as well. Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report examining various social, regulatory and governance issues relating to ASX-listed ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... standards of mobile phones and the financial controls that apply in the payday lending sector." Recently, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report examining various social, regulatory and governance issues relating ...