ESG Special Reports – Page 28
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Investing for a cleaner planet
Stephanie Schwartz-Driver discovers how exchange traded funds offer socially responsible investment, developed by a number of US innovators
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The emerging market traders
Lynn Strongin Dodds reports on how emerging markets entering the world’s stock exchanges are encouraging companies to clean up their act
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Making a beeline for activist hedge funds
The activities of activist funds in targeting companies that have become national champions have caused political apoplexy throughout Europe, with ministers wagging their fingers at pension funds and warning them to have nothing to do with predatory private equity companies and hedge funds. But pension funds are encouraged to diversify into alternative investments and become active owners of the companies they invest in. So what should they do?
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Dedicated to SRI - profits or not
IPE asked three pension funds – in Belgium, Denmark and Austria – the same question: ‘Do you do SRI and if so how and does it give a good return?’ Here are their answers:
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SRI-boot now on bond foot?
The issue of applying SRI/ESG criteria to debt is surfacing, but there are questions as to how to go about about it. Rachel Fixsen investigates
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The perils of divestment
Pension funds in Europe have always sought to screen out irresponsible businesses, says Shayla Walmsley, but drawing the line has never easy and double standards abound
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European SRI tops €1trn
SRI investments in Europe’s nine major markets have increased by 36% over the past three years, according a new report from Eurosif. Jérôme Tagger reports
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A duty to litigate?
The case for European pension funds to take part in US shareholder litigation is becoming so strong that not to do so could be regarded as a lack of fiduciary responsibility? Roy Jones, Darren Check and Daniel Summerfield explain
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Breaking down the barriers
While investor portfolios become more global investor knowledge on what their rights are as shareholders and how to exercise them in the cross-border context struggles to keep up – to put it mildly. Cue the new handbook from the Eurosif, Active Share Ownership in Europe. Eurosif notes that “the publication ...
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Strength in numbers
As the issue of corporate governance gains in importance so cooperation among shareholders on engagement issues has come to the fore as a vital tool in the management of pension fund portfolios. One prime example of this is the Netherlands. Michael Bruyn, director international client relations of Deminor highlights how ...
