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Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... rated ESG strategies, while hedge funds and fixed income had the fewest. From a geographic perspective, emerging markets and Asia-Pacific have the highest proportion of top ratings, while Canada has the least. Andrew Kirton, Mercer's global chief investment ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... policy makers and companies and that's borne outside of this survey," said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer. "Many institutional investors wouldn't be allocating 10% of their risk budget to the issue of climate ...

Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Pacific Power from 1996 to 2000. Fox has 30 years of financial services and insurance experience within Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, and has experience in debt and structured finance arising from transactions for financial institutions, infrastructure ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... markets, some companies have express concern about that." Edgerton also pointed to changes in corporate governance standards in Asia as another overseas trend to watch. "In the past 12 months, there has been a ramp up in corporate governance in Asia," ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... a useful tool that complements our internal research efforts on sustainability," said Vincent Felteau, portfolio manager, Asia-Pacific, at Presima. "At Presima, we believe that by focusing on the long term nature of real estate assets and by utilizing ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... bank reported 1666,756 tonnes of CO2-e in Australia, 11,164 tonnes of CO2-e in New Zealand and 30,189 tonnes of CO2-e across Asia Pacific, Europe and America. "Despite strong gains in our environmental performance, we have faced challenges in reducing ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... from reputable issuers that are backed by large balance sheets and known institutions." Lochiel Crafter, head of investment, Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisors, notes that green bonds are attractive not only because of their environmental credentials ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and these make up 1% of our total procurement spend. The IPO gives us greater visibility and control of goods procured from Asia and has also allowed us to form close partnerships with Asian suppliers. The IPO team is committed to engaging with environmentally ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... according to research from Mercer. The potential pool of borrowers is huge - Helga Birgden, head of responsible investment, Asia-Pacific at Mercer, cited research that there are potentially 88m borrowers with 20% growth in that pool each year. MFIs provide ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Capital. The Australian apparel and retailers industry is exposed to social risks through their supply chain, both in South East Asia and at home, and companies and their investors should be concerned because of the real threat from both an ethical and ...