More ESG news – Page 275
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Bigger pension players push ESG - study
[16:50 CEST 03-06] UK - A group of responsible investment (RI) champions is clearly starting to emerge among UK corporate pension funds, according to the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance body (UKSIF).
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Audit found passive funds lack ESG focus
[16:40 CEST 03-06] UK - A significant proportion of equity holdings managed within passive funds is not subject to high levels of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk management, suggests an audit carried out by RImetrics.
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Norway seeks partners in climate change risk study
[16:00 CEST 03-06] GLOBAL - Norway's Government Pension Fund has signed up to a project led by Mercer to measure the impact of climate change on strategic asset allocation.
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NewsRobeco to move its PE team
[13:00 CEST 03-06] EUROPE - The €410m clean tech and sustainable private equity team at Robeco – the Dutch asset management division of Rabobank Group – is about to move from Rotterdam to Zurich, where it will join its fully-owned investment manager SAM.
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Pension scheme members' details stolen
[16:15 CEST 29-05] UK - The Pensions Trust has written to 109,000 members of six of its pension schemes, after a laptop computer containing confidential data was stolen last March.
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Madoff fraud cost Dutch pensions €166m
[15:00 CEST 29-05] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds have lost €166m to the Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff, Wouter Bos, the Dutch finance minister has claimed.
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Eq Life judicial review passes to next stage
[15:30 CEST 28-05] UK – Equitable Life policyholders have been given permission to proceed with a full judicial review hearing, over the government's failure to implement the Parliamentary Ombudsman's recommendations on compensation.
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LAPFF sets out plan to boost shareholder engagement
[14:00 CEST 28-05] UK - The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) has published a plan for strengthening the governance of companies in which local authority pension funds invest.
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NewsECB staff to strike over pensions
[16:15 CEST 26-05] EUROPE – Staff at the European Central bank (ECB) are planning to hold an initial 90-minute strike next month, in protest against the bank's "unilateral decision-making" concerning changes to its defined benefit (DB) pension fund.
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Ageing impact requires further fiscal 'squeeze'
[17:15 CEST 22-05] UK – Existing plans by the government for fiscal tightening of 6.3% of GDP, or £90bn, over the next few years, to return the current budget to balance by 2017/18, is not sufficient to counter the costs of an ageing population, PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) has warned.
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NewsIIGCC calls for more 'effective' carbon markets
[17:10 CEST 22-05] EUROPE – The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has proposed a number of measures to boost the effectiveness of carbon markets and raise money from the private sector to fund climate change mitigation.
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NewsIMA wants effective shareholder engagement
[16:55 CEST 21-05] UK – The number of fund managers making their voting records public increased from just two in 2003 to 24 five years later, so the UK's Investment Management Association (IMA) has revealed amid calls for more effective engagement.
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Swedish Ethical council reports three successes
[17:00 CEST 19-05] SWEDEN – Three companies on the dialogue list of the Ethical Council for the first to fourth AP funds have now achieved the goals set by the council in relation to corruption and environmental issues.
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Fujitsu mulls closing UK DB scheme to future accrual
[17:20 CEST 15-05] UK – Fujitsu Services UK has confirmed it is initiating a three-month consultation with staff and trade unions over the closure of its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual.
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Ombudsman attacks DC pensions marketing
[15:30 CEST 14-05] IRELAND - Paul Kenny, the Pensions Ombudsman, has hit out at defined contribution pension providers and trustees for what he describes as misleading communications around the marketing of DC schemes’ funds and terms and insufficient analysis of charges.
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ATP heads up personal accounts admin shortlist
[17:20 CEST 13-05] UK – ATP is among a shortlist of four potential suppliers of scheme administration services for the new system of personal accounts.
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Life expectancy ‘rising faster than forecast’
[17:15 CEST 13-05] NETHERLANDS - The life expectancy of the Dutch population has increased much more than initially forecast, the Actuarial Society (AG) has suggested.
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IBOA defers AIB action ahead of new talks
[17:00 CEST 12-05] IRELAND – The Irish Bank Officials' Association (IBOA) has agreed to defer using proxy votes at the annual general meeting (AGM) of AIB, following proposals put forward by the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to end a dispute on pay, pensions and other issues.
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VB begins drive to restore trust
[15:45 CEST 12-05] NETHERLANDS - VB, the association of industry-wide pension funds yesterday told delegates at its annual member meeting there is a pressing need to restore confidence in the Dutch pensions system.
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Absolute return may be future for default funds
[17:20 CEST 11-05] UK - Recent volatility in pension default fund investments has suggested there is a need to shift away from lifestyling towards alternatives such as absolute return funds, according to Punter Southall Financial Management.
