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Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance industry to move forward with integrity," said Alexis Cheang, partner, head of ANZ, responsible investment, Mercer, and co-chair of the ASFI Sustainable Financial System technical working group, which tabled the taxonomy recommendation. ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Mercer has launched climate transition analytics and advice to help guide institutional investors who want to transition to a 1.5C scenario of global warming as outlined in the Paris Agreement. Analytics for Climate Transition (ACT) is designed to assist ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... convert those risks to sustainable returns. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment and partner, Mercer The report, Transformational Investment: Converting Global Systemic Risks into Sustainable Returns, identified water security ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... proposals between 2017 and 2019: Local Government Super (82%), HESTA (66%), Vision Super (66%), Macquarie (62%), Cbus (59%), Mercer (58%) and Qantas Super (57%). The ACCR report also found that 18 funds in 2019 disclose their complete record of proxy ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... scores are showing better market performance. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment and partner, Mercer Additionally, there is evidence to suggest that fund managers that implement ESG investing styles are finding outperformance ...

Future IM/Pact builds database of female students interested in finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... building off of a base of 350 highly engaged female students. Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader, Mercer Future IM/Pact is an industry-sponsored initiative and employee value proposition designed to help diverse talent see how they ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... paper draws on the modelling of Mercer's report, Investing in a Time of Climate Change - The Sequel. Modelling in the Mercer report suggests that under a scenario where global warming is constrained to 2C, average sector-level return impacts to 2050 ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets working groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... products and services to better account for risk and impact. Alexis Cheang, partner, head of ANZ, responsible investment, Mercer, chairs this working group. - Technical Working Group 3: Making better informed financial decisions by enhancing disclosures ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... urgency for investors to gauge short term as well as long-term impacts of climate change according to new research from Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Institutional investors with a growth asset allocation ...

Future IM/Pact signs two new partners, launches student events

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... and launched student networking events in Sydney and Melbourne. Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader, Mercer Future IM/Pact is an industry-sponsored initiative and employee value proposition designed to help diverse talent see how ...