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NAPF publishes SRI guide ahead of trustee deadline
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) and the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) have published a socially responsible investment (SRI) guide for pension funds – Engaging for Success – in time for the July 3 deadline when UK pension fund trustees have to disclose a statement of ...
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SRI handbook targets pension fund trustees
UK – A new toolkit for pension fund trustees and fund managers has been published to provide advice on how to improve the impact of pension fund investment on the poorest countries in the world….
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State Street bags CHF500m passive SRI brief
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Social Security Fund (Ausgleichsfonds der Alters -und Hinterlassenenversicherung) has awarded a CHF500m (e326m) passive socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)...
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SRI to dominate within five years, says adviser
UK – Socially responsible investment (SRI) will overtake traditional investment strategies within the next five years, according to the latest SRI report published by independent financial advisers Holden Meehan....
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PGGM leading strategist retires
NETHERLANDS – Marinus Keijzer, an adviser to the director of investments at Zeist based NLG110bn (e50bn) Dutch superfund PGGM is to take early retirement from the scheme....
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Dresdner RCM adopts United Nations SRI standard
UK- Dresdner RCM Global Investors has signed an exclusive agreement with the United Nations Association Trust, the UK charitable and educational arm of the United Nations (UN), to formally adopt the UN’s ‘Global Compact’ SRI benchmarks as the basis for its own SRI screening process....
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Morley challenges green credentials of FTSE 100
UK – Morley Fund Management, the investment management arm of insurer CGNU, has introduced a requirement in its corporate voting policy for FTSE 100 companies to produce environmental reports on their business activities or risk being voted against at their AGMs....
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INVESCO to offer third-party funds to UK DC market
UK – INVESCO is to include third-party funds in its product offering to the UK defined contribution (DC) market...
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European pension funds target for bond boycott
EUROPE/US – An international campaign to boycott World Bank bonds is to be targeted at European pension funds this summer...
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Boonstra appointed to ABN-AMRO supervisory board
NETHERLANDS – Cor Boonstra has been appointed to the supervisory board of Dutch financial services group ABN-AMRO, with effect from May 10, 2001.... And all the rest of this week's major people moves....
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UK government attacked over SRI in stakeholder
UK – Environmental activist group, Friends of the Earth, has attacked the UK government for denying information on socially responsible pensions to the millions of people who will be able to take out stakeholder pensions following next week’s launch...
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Henderson widens SRI net
AUSTRALIA/UK – Henderson Global Investors is extending its global SRI fund range by launching three new socially responsible investment funds...
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Italian SRI forum could be up and running in weeks
ITALY – The launch of an Italian social investment forum could only be a few weeks away, according to Milan based environmental and social research consultancy firm Avanzi, which is spearheading the initiative...
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First Norwegian SRI pensions
NORWAY – Life insurance company Storebrand has introduced environmental and social criteria to its management of life insurance policyholders’ funds. The company emphasises that the move will not reduce the yield on customers’ funds, some NOK111bn managed by the group’s asset manager, Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning.
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Swiss foundation creates on-line voting guide
SWITZERLAND – Ethos, the Geneva based sustainable development investment foundation has launched a shareholder voting section on its website, to give pension funds for which it owns shares, guidelines on how to use their voting rights...
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Put directors' pay to the vote say pension funds
UK – Eight major institutional investors representing over 5% of the UK stock market and including a number of the UK’s largest pension funds, are asking companies to put their remuneration reports to a voluntary shareholder vote, in response to government indecision over whether to make such practice compulsory....
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New fund invests in Balkan opportunities
UK - London-based Ashmore Investment Management has announced the closure of its new Balkan Regeneration fund with an initial subscription of $20m (e 21.5m) from institutional investors.
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FTSE to launch eight SRI indices
Index provider FTSE is launching a family of socially responsible investment indices this summer in conjunction with EIRIS, the ethical investment research service.
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Antonsson takes top spot at Telia fund
Peter Antonsson has been appointed to head the Farsta-based Telia pensionsstiftelse (pension fund) for the Swedish telecommunications company....and the rest of the weeks prominent people moves.....
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Hermes focuses on German corporate specialist
UK – Pension fund manager Hermes, the investment company for both the BT and Post Office schemes, has appointed German corporate finance specialist Stephan Howaldt to head up its new European focus funds company (HEFF)...
