ESG Special Reports – Page 23
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Special ReportOvercoming a blinkered mindset
Guy Fraser-Sampson argues that despite the attractions of private equity as an asset class, many pension funds will be tempted by sub-optimal strategies
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Special ReportPolling the placement agents
Iain Morse examines the role of placement agents in the private equity market
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Special ReportWhen does it stop being responsible?
IPE asked three pension funds in Italy, the Netherlands and Norway the same question: ‘What is your approach to exclusions and the screening of stocks?’ Here are their answers:
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Special ReportInvestors in people
Nina Röhrbein examines a fund that sees a strong correlation between human capital management, productivity, financial results and stock performance
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Special ReportChanges in security services
Outsourcing has become an important issue for master KAGs but, as Heather McKenzie finds, it works both ways
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Taking a view on the PERCO
France’s strong tradition of state-delivered pensions provision means the PERCO occupational pension saving approach will require a change in attitudes, say Jean Canel and Thierry de la Noue
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Ownership creates involvement
Stakeholders in defined benefit pension funds should redefine who exactly takes which risks, what constitutes solvency and who owns which part of it. Theo Kocken takes the baton in the first instalment in a series of discussion papers
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Mainstreaming responsible investment via sell side research: EAI three years on
The Enhanced Analytics Initiative was brought into being three years ago by institutional investors to promote and directly fund sell side research that takes account of long-term performance factors. Raj Thamotheram evaluates its progress
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Special ReportDefining your portfolio’s values
Pressure from members and media reporting is encouraging funds to review their ESG policies. But the choices are not clear cut. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Special ReportFilling a gap in the public sector
Contractual workers in the public sector lack the pension rights of their full time colleagues. George Coats finds a man on a mission to redress this imbalance
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Special ReportLight touch regime
Belgium’s regulator tells George Coats about the thinking behind Belgium’s new pensions framework and how he will police it
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Special ReportIntroducing a new framework
Thierry Verkest explains the recent legislative and regulatory changes that have transformed Belgium’s pensions landscape, and outlines some of the continuing debates
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Special ReportLearning to live with volatility
As pension funds adapt to a new regulatory structure and deal with market instability, asset managers are having to assess how funds may respond, writes Rachel Fixsen
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