9. ESG-integrated Optimal Active Asset Ownership
Asset universe bounded by investment parameters including legal/technical asymptotes
Expected returns Liability structure Economic Risk tolerance, ESG risks,
and risks for asset (replicating valuation of assets e.g. available risk opportunities
classes
portfolio)
and liabilities
capital
scenarios
Optimal asset allocation
Investment policy
Investment committee
Systemic influence
Sell
Decision
Buy
Hold
Active ownership
11. Sustainable investment consulting firm with global practice
• SinCo at a Glance
• Experienced
– Bespoke investment advisory focused on – Established boutique in Boston in Q4 2006 :
sustainable investment architecture
Inaugural engagement for Wall St proprietary
– Architect + analysts with support team and third party manager with USD 900bn
operating projects with partners in Geneva, AUM, 200 analysts, mutli-asset classes
Seattle, London, Nairobi, Washington DC, – Since 2006, SinCo has delivered sustainable
Cape Town, Istanbul
investment architecture globally to pension
– Word-of-mouth, below-the-radar approach
funds, asset managers and international
organizations integrating ESG factors into
investment practice.
• Philosophy
– Public projects and confidential “dark”
– SinCo is a boutique investment advisory firm projects for proprietary clients in listed
specializing as an ESG investment architect equity, hedge funds, investment product
for sustainable investment in frontier and R&D, investment bank derivative
emerging markets.
instruments, ESG impact metrics.
– SinCo helps clarify questions, design &
develop answers, and project manages • Proven Project Leader
thinking into action.
– Multi-year, multi-stakeholder, multi-country
– SinCo promotes answers to sustainability
emerging from talent in frontier and emerging projects
markets, as well as developed countries.
– Developed framework for 25 country rollout
by PRI in EM project
As the sustainable investment architect we consider sustainability – environmental, social and governance
factors – are integrated in all investment decisions.Working with SinCo our clients have access to world-
class strategy and plans to solve the challenges in making sustainable investment work.
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12. Credentials: testimonials for SinCo
• … is an exceptional professional in all that he does. His work is at the crossroads of business
intelligence, finance and investments and sustainability. His ability to clarify objectives and
execute on solutions has demonstrated the fruitful success of the business case for
sustainability.
– Director and Senior Investment Analyst, global institutional asset manager, New York City.
• … served as a strategic adviser to a large US Asset manager as we worked together on
developing their sustainable investment strategy. He provided on-going support to their internal
team and served as a knowledgeable and helpful sounding board as their staff tried to move
sustainability forward
– - Senior Client Relationship Manager, Global ESG ratings and research provider, London
• "For many investors, getting to grips with ESG issues in emerging markets is a top priority. [He]
was crucial in encouraging new partnerships in diverse markets..."
– Clean tech private equity fund manager and former Executive Director, ASRIA, Hong Kong.
• … has shown a fantastic drive and commitment to the PRI initiative. He clearly helped promote
the ESG thematic to the top of our priorities.
– - Chief Risk Officer, hedge fund-of-funds investment house, Zurich.
• ”… is one of our leading thinkers on SRI. The work that Graham is doing will transform SRI and
take it to the next level."
– Managing Director, equity investment manager, Boston.
• "Graham Sinclair's work is excellent."
– Executive Director, billion-dollar global foundation, Philadelphia.
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13. About SinCo team
• Graham Sinclair is a sustainable investment strategist, ESG architect and global project leader
at SinCo. Graham has eight years specialist experience in sustainable investment globally after
eight years in pensions consulting and investment banking in Africa. Recent consulting
engagements in sustainable investment include:
– Leading IFC-funded research into private equity and liquid equity ESG strategies in sub-Saharan Africa in
South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria to be published in 2011.
– Developing innovative financing mechanisms strategy and ESG index architecture for developed, emerging
and frontier markets for a Swiss-based international organization.
– For a global institutional investment firm in New York with a USD 1 trillion AUM portfolio, designing ESG
architecture across private equity, liquid and global real estate portfolios covering philosophy and process
innovations and investment strategies.
– As consultant to the UN, developed strategy for 25 emerging markets and launched PRI in Emerging
Markets project in Q3 2007 for UNEP FI, creating a network infrastructure, building relationships with 108
investor stakeholders including in Africa through 2008.
– Lecturing on ESG in investment strategies at investment practitioner symposia and leading business schools
in Europe, Africa and the US. Currently developing case studies on ESG investment in emerging markets for
his forthcoming book.
• Before starting his eponymous investment advisory boutique SinCo in 2006, he was Product
Manager at KLD Research & Analytics, Inc, based in Boston. He is a former contributor to the
CSR Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School, Distinguished Member of Net Impact, alum of WWF
One Planet Leaders programme and the Tallberg Forum New Leaders Program. He holds
diplomas in retirement funds and insurance law, and in 1998 he was one of the youngest ever
dual-FILPAs. He currently leads the AfricaSIF Project building a not-for-profit Africa Sustainable
Investment Forum network.
• Graham earned his MBA on scholarship at Villanova University USA where he co-managed the
Arnone-Lerer SRI Fund equity portfolio in 2004. He holds a B.Com from the University of Natal
and LL.B from the Howard College School of Law as well as numerous industry specialist
certifications.
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14. About SinCo team
Roselyne Yao is an Analyst at the sustainable investment architecture firm SinCo, where she
conducts sustainable investment strategy research and analysis.
Roselyne joined SinCo in October 2010 as Analyst on the IFC-commissioned research project,
Sustainable Investment in sub-Saharan Africa 2010. She previously was a Research Analyst for JPS
Global Investments (a California-based money management company focusing on sustainable
investing) and an Intern for the Social Research and Advocacy team at Walden Asset Management
(a Boston-based socially responsible investing company). Roselyne is also an AfricaSIF Steering
Committee member.
Roselyne passed the CFA level I exam in June 2009 and plans to sit for the CFA level II exam in
June 2011. She holds a Master in Business Administration (with a double concentration in Finance
and Marketing), a Certificate in Global Business Culture, and a Certificate of Excellence in
Sustainable Management and Technology from the University of Illinois. She currently resides in
Dakar, Senegal.
Cherie Vale is an [Intern] Creative at SinCo supporting the SinCo team with creative and
graphic design projectwork. During her studies she has worked part time photographing Sports,
with the main focus in Cycling. Capturing an image is not just simply pressing the button it is
how you capture a moment that will tell a story. Through her photography she wants to make a
difference in peoples lives and help connect people from different life styles.
Cherie attained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Design specializing in Photography at the
Stellenbosch academy of Design and Photography.
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