More ESG news – Page 320
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Nordic SRI firm CaringCo. changes name
SWEDEN – Nordic socially responsible investment consulting firm CaringCompany has changed its named to GES Investment Services.
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UK says trustees highly dependent on consultants
UK – A new report commissioned by the government’s pensions department says trustees are “highly dependent” on investment consultants.
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USS and Railpen in global engagement forum inititative
GLOBAL – Two of the UK’s largest pension schemes have established a forum for global investors to address the issue of cross-border shareholder activism and corporate governance.
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Pictet study makes contradictory SRI findings
EUROPE – A new study by Pictet Asset Management has come up with a contradictory view about socially responsible investing.
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ABP wins IPE Gold Award for best European fund
EUROPE – The 144 billion-euro Dutch civil service pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has won the Gold Award for best European pension fund at the 2003 IPE Awards.
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Trustees need help on SRI fund managers – enquiry
UK - Pension trustees should be helped to choose fund managers who have strong records in shareholder activism and performance – that’s one of the findings of a probe into the future of UK investment.
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State Street names pension accounting head
UK – State Street has appointed Jerry Neudegg as head of its pensions accounting team in London, a new role.
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Dexia sets up Belgian sustainable fund
BELGIUM – Dexia Asset Management has set up a new sustainable equity fund, the Paricor E10, for Belgian institutional investors.
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CSAM names Brumby as corporate governance officer
UK - Credit Suisse Asset Management UK has named Richard Brumby in the role of corporate governance officer.
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Sweden: SEB in socially responsible tie with SWIP
SWEDEN - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken has made a global socially responsible investing (SRI) tie up with Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.
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Pension funds to have large role in SRI - report
EUROPE – Socially responsible investment among European institutional investors is increasing, and pension funds will play a large role in developing the market further, says Eurosif.
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Hermes boosts corporate governance team
UK – Hermes Pensions Management has make three appointments to its corporate governance team, taking the total staffing of the team to 45.
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Germany’s VIP sets up governance institute
GERMANY/ITALY – German institutional shareholders’ association, the Vereinigung Institutioneller Privatanlager, has set up a corporate governance institute in Florence.
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Petroleum Fund says it fires SRI firm CaringCompany
NORWAY – The Norwegian ministry of finance has decided not to continue the Petroleum Fund’s relationship with ethical consulting firm Caring Company/Etikanalytikerna.
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Dresdner wins PGGM, Merseyside US large-caps
UK/NETHERLANDS – Dresdner RCM has been appointed to run US large-cap equity mandates for both PGGM and the UK’s Merseyside pension fund.
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NAPF names head of governance venture
UK – The new corporate governance venture set up by the National Association of Pension Funds and US corporate governance firm Institutional Shareholders Service has now appointed a chief executive.
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Commission's pension negotiator moves on
EUROPE – The European Commission’s Jean-Yves Muylle, who led the negotiations on the pension funds directive, has moved to a different position within the commission.
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Unilever’s missing vote mystery partly solved
UK/NETHERLANDS - US proxy voting agency Institutional Shareholder Services has admitted to being partly responsible for the millions of lost votes at Unilever’s annual meeting.
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Hewitt surveys European corporate governance
EUROPE – Consulting firm Hewitt is currently conducting a Europe-wide study into corporate governance.
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Unilever turns tables on institutional investors
UK/NETHERLANDS – Institutional investors who fail to vote at annual meetings could face a grilling by companies if Unilever’s example sets a precedent.
