Nina Röhrbein
- Features
ESG: A means to capture value
Hendrik du Toit and Therese Niklasson tell Nina Röhrbein about ESG integration at Investec
NewsPhysiotherapists scheme notes 'debates' with DNB over alternatives
SPF Fysiotherapeuten cites ‘constructive debates’ over need for more innovative asset classes
- Features
Investment therapy
René van Pommeren and Ada Wouters-Brongers of the Dutch physiotherapists’ pension fund tell Nina Röhrbein why their fund is unusual in the Netherlands
- Features
Quarter century of a rising tide
Nina Röhrbein charts the main events, issues and trends of the past 25 years that have influenced the shape of environmental, social and governance investing
NewsFarmland investors should diversify into seaweed, perfume
AP2 stresses importance of sustainability for all farmland holdings
- Features
Always the season for corporate governance
Before the start of the 2014 AGM season it’s time to review that infamous voting season – the so-called Shareholder Spring of 2012.
- Special Report
Corporate Governance: Springing into action
It has been two years since the so-called Shareholder Spring, which saw a large number of investors voting against company proposals. Nina Röhrbein asks whether the movement maintained momentum, and how corporate governance has developed as a result
- Special Report
Corporate Governance: Of carrots and sticks
The executive remuneration debate has evolved considerably since 2012’s Shareholder Spring, writes Nina Röhrbein. But there is considerable disagreement on the right balance between regulation and a voluntary approach
- Features
Sustainability is key in farmland
Nina Röhrbein looks at the future of farmland as an asset class
- Interviews
Not corporate governance police
Poor governance may have been catapulted into the headlines in recent years, but to-date few asset managers in Europe have been trying to make money through activist strategies. One that does, as part of its range of products, is London’s RWC. In 2013, RWC’s assets under management grew from $5bn (€3.7bn) to $7.5bn, which its CEO Dan Mannix attributes to “a normalisation of opportunities within the equity markets” and a general improvement in investor sentiment.
NewsESG roundup: Pensions Trust, EU climate proposals, Vigeo governance study
Pensions Trust adopts climate change policy
NewsESG roundup: Hermes Fund Managers, CDP, Accenture
The benefits of good governance and CDP on supply chains and carbon
- Features
Real ambition
Nina Röhrbein asked Benny Buchardt Andersen, CIO at PenSam, about his fund’s aim to target future purchasing power and how it will achieve this
FeaturesEmerging consumer policies
While the bottom of the pyramid is served by microfinance, providing finance products for the growing educated middle class is increasingly important for some investment managers, finds Nina Röhrbein
FeaturesMeeting in the middle
The pressure is growing for pension investors to begin divesting from fossil fuel companies, Nina Röhrbein finds
NewsThe PRI exodus: Time to listen?
The PRI has paid the price for failing to heed asset owners’ concerns over governance
NewsPension fund trustees 'lacking in confidence', survey shows
Lack of skills to blame, according to Mercer’s Pensions Governance Survey
