All articles by Gail Moss – Page 30
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Investors welcome Shell board’s backing for climate change resolution
Development shows ‘just how fast climate change has emerged as key corporate governance issue’
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UK defined benefit pension funds return 11% in 2014 – State Street
Best-performing funds with relatively high bond exposure, according to State Street Investment Analytics
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NewsIrish pension liabilities soar as interest rates fall
Growth in Irish pension scheme assets over past year has been heavily outstripped by soaring liabilities, according to Mercer
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NewsMore than 50 investors file low-carbon resolutions at BP, Shell AGMs
List includes UK Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, Greater Manchester and Swedish AP funds
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NewsFinnish foundations active but lack governance, study shows
Biggest charitable foundations active direct shareholders, but many lack strong governance mechanisms
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UK foundation Wellcome Trust prices first euro bond
Trust initially issued bonds in sterling in 2006, the first UK charity to do so
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Spanish pension funds return 6.8% for 2014 – Mercer
Non-euro-zone equities best-performing asset class, according to preliminary 2014 figures
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Institutional investors making renewables key future trend – report
Institutions increasingly aligning investments with energy technologies of future, according to MSCI
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Risk brings less reward for UK charity returns in 2014
First time since 2011 that lower-risk portfolios have performed better than higher-risk counterparts
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Five jailed for fraudulent land sale to Cypriot pension fund
Marathon trial involving Dromolaxia real estate started last March
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NewsFoundations criticise dropping of proposed statute from EU work agenda
Decision goes ‘completely against concept of building citizen-led Europe’, says European Foundation Centre
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New ways to talk to your members
As European social welfare budgets come under pressure, persuading stakeholders of the need both to make retirement provision and to save towards it is becoming more crucial. Yet planning and funding a communications strategy to achieve this will be wasted if members neglect to read or simply ignore the literature. ...
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Wellcome sees 15% return boosted by in-house capacity
UK’s largest charitable asset owner benefits from listing of private equity holdings
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NewsChurch of England boosts forestry stake
Church Commissioners grow UK forestry stake to £100m following acquistion of over dozen forests
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Church of England to file shareholder resolutions at BP, Shell AGMs
Church commissioners say oil companies have biggest carbon footprints of all those listed on London Stock Exchange
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Norway's KLP names 27 coal company exclusions
Local authority pension provider sets aside NOK500m for renewable energy investment
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Briefing: The force of member power
IPE’s October Focus Group poll looked at the issue of engagement with members’ views. This month, we take the debate further by asking leading opinion formers how they see the issue of member power versus pension boards’ investment discretion.
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European Foundation Statute suffers setback
Twenty-eight EU member states fail to produce consensus on proposed statute
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CERN Pension Fund builds up PE portfolio with Keensight investment
Swiss pension scheme to invest CHF70m per annum in private equity over next few years
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Oxford move could herald Church of England fossil fuel divestment
Diocese calls on Church to divest from fossil fuel companies
