More ESG news – Page 274
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Collaboration improves pension benefits - report
[16:50 CEST 04-09] GLOBAL – Pension fund boards may be able to deliver improved returns and lower costs if they collaborate with other, larger, parties to provide enhance benefits over time, and if they apply governance structures with higher expertise, claims a report examining pensions and healthcare regimes across the ...
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Norway-Global excludes Israeli defence firm
[16:55 CESt 03-09] NORWAY – The Government Pension Fund – Global has divested a NOK35.8m (€4.1m) holding in the Israeli company Elbit systems following a recommendation by the Council of Ethics over "violations of international humanitarian law".
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Parliament seeks balance on Dutch pension boards
[15:30 CEST 03-09] NETHERLANDS - MPs in the Dutch parliament have rejected calls for a higher number of pensioner members on pension scheme boards and instead argued lobbying groups should be better represented at industry-wide pension funds.
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NewsGerman governance reforms were not good enough - Hermes
[16:50 CEST 28-08] EUROPE – Hermes Fund Managers has sent an open letter to German government officials and companies listed on the Dax and Mdax stock exchanges, calling for reforms to recent legislation which was designed to strengthen corporate governance and “the appropriateness of management board remuneration”.
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Nottingham considers pension merger
[16:55 CEST 27-08] UK – Nottinghamshire County Council is considering a potential merger of its two Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds, ahead of the next triennial valuation in 2010.
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NewsPensionskasse begets pensionskasse
[15:20 CEST 25-08] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss multi-employer pensionskasse Publica has been granted the right to set up a pension fund for its own staff.
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Anadolu considers pioneering pensions move
TURKEY - Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, the second-largest pension insurance firm in Turkey in terms of assets under management, could pioneer diversification of the country's pension fund range by introducing a new interest-free investment vehicle which follows the principles of 'Sukuk', IPE has learned.
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Charity lobbies local gov't pensions over mining
[16:45 CEST 20-08] UK – A number of local authority pension funds are coming under pressure from the charity ActionAid to use their investments in mining firm Vedanta to stop an open pit mine in India.
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NBIM expects transparency over water management
[16:45 CEST 19-08] NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment management (NBIM) has warned companies that it invests in on behalf of the Government Pension Fund – Global must take a "long-term approach to the issue of water", and consider the impact of local communities on water and sanitation challenges.
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Sovereign funds 'must dialogue' with pension funds
[16:30 CEST 19-08] GLOBAL - The financial crisis is likely to make sovereign wealth funds (SWF) more, not less, active in their pursuit of strategic objectives and engagements as shareholders, and they should therefore pursue fuller dialogue with pension funds and other active investors, according to State Street.
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Investor influence helped climate policy change
[16:25 CEST 11-08] GLOBAL - Increasing investor activity with companies is partly responsible for an improvement in the way companies address climate change, according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) research provider EIRIS.
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Unilever joins Austrian ÖPAG
[17:25 CEST 10-08] AUSTRIA – The Austrian branch of international company Unilever is outsourcing its pensionskasse to the multi-employer fund ÖPAG.
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TPR to use direct marketing for employer compliance
[15:30 CEST 06-08] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has signalled its intention to use direct marketing services as an initial step to inform employers and their advisers of their duties, under the new auto-enrolment requirements beginning in 2012.
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NewsBalsfjord joins Norwegian pension tenders
[13:30 CEST 05-08] NORWAY – Balsfjord kommune, in the north of Norway, is the latest municipality to re-tender its public occupational pension provision.
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NewsInvestors slam Myners' two-tier shareholder plan
[16:45 CEST 03-08] UK – Investors and bodies representing pension funds have criticised a proposal by UK City minister Lord Myners to boost investor engagement by creating a ‘two-tier’ shareholder regime.
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Financial crisis boosted fiduciary management - Kraneveld
[16:45 CEST 31-07] GLOBAL - The financial crisis has benefited fiduciary management, according to international pensions expert Peter Kraneveld.
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NewsPension funds 'still some way from climate change integration'
[15:30 CEST 31-07] GLOBAL - Pension funds still have a long way to go when it comes to integrating climate change into their investment management strategy, according to Danyelle Guyatt, principal at Mercer's responsible investment team.
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Consultancy attains independent trustee status
[12:00 CEST 30-07] IRELAND – Attain Consulting is tapping what it expects to be the next big growth market in pensions and investment consulting by launching a separate independent trustee business to assist Irish company pension schemes.
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Highland schemes seeks advice for tax recovery
[17:10 CEST 29-07] UK - The Highland Council is seeking a provider of tax advisory service to help its £627.8m (€730.9m) local government pension scheme (LGPS) claim back withholding taxes on dividends from EU and EEA sources.
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NewsPGGM mulls a cull of individual equities
NETHERLANDS - Asset manager PGGM Investments is thinking of drastically reducing the number of individual equity investments it holds, in order to simplify its investment policy and build an improved ESG focus on the companies it its portfolio.
