More ESG news – Page 308
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Dutch institutions ‘often ignore green issues’
NETHERLANDS - The voting behaviour on environmental and social issues of large institutional investors is often different from their actual opinion, the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development, or VBDO, says.
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Dutch governance body Eumedion launches
NETHERLANDS - The corporate governance forum Eumedion – formerly known as SCGOP – has started under its new name with nine new members.
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ABP publishes IORP investment principles
NETHERLANDS - Civil service scheme ABP is the first pension fund in the Netherlands to publish a declaration on its investment principles.
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ABP joins Enhanced Analytics Initiative
NETHERLANDS - The €187bn Dutch civil service pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has joined the Enhanced Analytics Initiative as a full member.
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Dutch doctors tap WM for measurement
NETHERLANDS - Doctors Pension Funds Services, which runs a combined €11.7bn for the two Dutch doctors’ schemes, has awarded a performance measurement brief to State Street’s WM arm.
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ATP named best European pension fund 2005
EUROPE – Denmark´s ATP has been named overall Best European Pension Fund in 2005 at the annual IPE Awards in Berlin. It was also named Best European Public Pension Fund as well as scooping the top award for Denmark and risk management.
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Lenfers takes up new post with Sarasin
GERMANY – The German arm of Swiss asset manager Sarasin has recruited Marco Lenfers from a German private bank for the new position of senior advisor, institutional clients.
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Frijns: change the structure not the strategy
NETHERLANDS – Jean Frijns, the former investment chief at Dutch civil service fund ABP, has outlined his thoughts on how the Dutch pension fund structure should be amended.
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Tabaksblat Code needs refining - Eumedion
NETHERLANDS - The Tabaksblat corporate governance code needs refining to make listed companies stick to its principles, said Eumedion, the foundation for corporate research for pension funds, formerly known as SCGOP.
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Achmea taps F&C for shareholder engagement
NETHERLANDS - Eureko's Achmea has signed up for F&C's Asset Management's shareholder engagement programme for €1.5bn in assets under management.
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Shareholder is king says EU’s McCreevy
EUROPE – EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy today reiterated his belief that the “shareholder is king” and encouraged greater internal competitiveness.
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€24bn UN pension fund ‘reviewing strategy’
GLOBAL – The $29bn (€24.7bn) United Nations pension fund may be reviewing its investment strategy to bring it more in line with the body’s humanitarian-based mission and objectives.
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EFRP welcomes two new Italian members
EUROPE – Italy’s industry-wide occupational pension fund association, Assofondipensione, and the Italian asset management association, Assogestioni, will join the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) as full members on 1 January 2006.
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Winter appointed to AFM board
NETHERLANDS - Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm has appointed Jaap Winter to the supervisory board of the Financial Markets Authority (AFM).
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Regulator issues Pensionskassen SRI guidelines
GERMANY – So-called ‘deregulated’ Pensionskassen will have to create a supervisory board for their business and disclose to what extent, if at all, they are engaged in socially responsible investments (SRI).
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Call for German schemes to adopt governance code
GERMANY – Professor Wolfgang Gerke, a financial expert who recently unveiled a corporate governance code for asset managers, has called for the code to be embraced by German pension funds.
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CalPERS CIO Anson to take over at Hermes
UK – Mark Anson, the chief investment officer of CalPERS, is to take over from Tony Watson as chief executive of Hermes Pension Management, the asset manager owned by the BT Pension Scheme.
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Danes launch €70m public-private SRI fund
DENMARK - Nine Danish pension funds are to invest some €63m in non-listed companies in less developed countries in a public-private initiative under which the Danish government will share many of the preparatory costs.
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Aberdeen AM distributor eyes Libya
EUROPE – A joint venture partner of Aberdeen Asset Management is in dealings with the Gaddafi regime in Libya, it has emerged.
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French reserve fund confirms private equity plan
FRANCE - The €24.8bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund, has confirmed it will look for private equity asset managers for Europe and North America by the end of the year.
