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Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... provide access to sustainability themes without the volatility exposures that come with listed market investments, and Mercer has said it is seeking to identify quality managers in this space. Helga Birgden Mercer's responsible investment team has identified ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... investments is under enormous threat from resource constraints," Poulter said. "Some of their scenarios match with the Mercer analysis of 2011 as well, which was much more related to climate change specifically, but the industry as a whole is in deep ...

PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... PRI is not the only organisation looking to address systemic barriers to sustainable financial markets. In December 2012, Mercer, Stikeman Elliott LP and the Generation Foundation announced they would investigate the concept of loyalty rewards, instruments ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... have by and large have been a qualitative process, said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investment, Asia-Pacific at Mercer. "A feature of the various impact investing standards - the GIIN and IRIS standards, and so on - is that the framework components ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Mercer, Stikeman Elliott LP and the Generation Foundation are investigating the concept of loyalty rewards, instruments designed to reward corporate shareholders for retaining their shares over a longer time period. Helga Birgden Loyalty rewards are ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... assessments of portfolios, with 26% making changes to their investment strategy or decision-making as a result, according to a Mercer study commissioned by international climate change investor bodies. Helga Birgden The Global Investor Survey on Climate ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Zealand, has also hired Will Oulton as global head of responsible investment, based in London. Oulton comes to CFSGAM from Mercer Investments London, where he was head of responsible investment EAMA. Oulton is the vice president of the European Sustainable ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... portfolio," but a lack of issuance depth is a challenge for institutional investors, according to investment consultants Mercer. A recent Mercer report comments on rates green bonds' structure and risk/return characteristics, as well as citing the belief ...

IGCC and others launch second global investor survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... provide an important measure of progress for investors themselves," said Stephanie Pfeiffer, IIGCC executive director. Mercer will analyse the survey data. Survey responses are due by March 16 th, and a report of results and accompanying analysis will ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Mercer only gave 9% of more than 5,000 environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies in their database their highest ratings because their evaluation is based on how strategies integrate ESG into the active construction of portfolio ...