All articles by Nina Röhrbein – Page 15
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NewsESG roundup: Eurosif media report, Emissions Trading Scheme, Google
Eurosif report looks at investors' top concerns when investing in media companies.
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NewsInstitutional investors support access to ownership details, survey shows
Nearly half of investors willing to participate in limited disclosure programme, survey shows.
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NewsOn the record: Pension funds on real estate and infrastructure
APG, Tapiola and the pension fund for Belgian MEPs on their approach to the asset classes.
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Country Report
Germany: No-man’s- land
Nina Röhrbein analyses how the current financial and interest rate environment is affecting German pension funds’ asset allocation
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Features
Flyweight in benchmark knock-out
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Gregor Hirt, head of investment for the pension fund Vorsorgestiftung Schroder & Co Bank, who explains how it punches above its weight
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Features
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
More often than not, investors are invested in some part of the food chain.And because of this they have occasionally found themselves in the dock accused of hiking up food prices through food-related commodity speculation – although research on this remains inconclusive.
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Special Report
Food for thought
Nina Röhrbein asks what pressure investors can put on food companies to improve their products and address health issues
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NewsF&C Investments votes against 20% of all pay votes globally
Opposes almost half of all say-on-pay proposals put forward by companies in US.
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NewsESG roundup: Sustainable exchanges, oekom, Allianz
Majority of exchanges 'committed' to promoting corporate responsibility on sustainability.
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NewsHermes EOS, NAPF join forces to tackle executive pay
Boards must recognise that 'motivation does not solely arise from pay', Hermes says.
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NewsEngagement needs to be 'beneficial' to asset managers, says Kay
Companies rarely devote much resource to things they are 'obliged' to engage in.
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NewsWorld Forum on Governance unveils anti-corruption framework
Forum publishes final version of Prague Declaration on Governance and Anti-Corruption.
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NewsFinancial intermediaries creating 'misalignment incentives', says Kay
Chairman of Kay Review laments recent 'proliferation' of intermediation in asset management.
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NewsUK Stewardship Code 'will not change investment industry' – First State
Asset manager declines to sign up for code despite having integrated ESG factors worldwide.
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NewsInvestor Working Party issues recommendations on stewardship [updated]
Group includes Aviva Investors, BlackRock, Governance for Owners, RPMI Railpen, Ram Trust and USS.
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NewsOnly 4% of UK employers plan to use NEST, says Towers Watson
Two-thirds of employers to use existing DC plans to auto-enrol employees, survey shows.
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NewsNuclear a 'no-go' for many countries one year on from Fukushima disaster
Impax Asset Management says nuclear disaster to continue to influence investor behaviour.
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NewsESG data 'crucial' for assessing sovereign bonds, says Robeco
Dutch asset manager sold out of Italian bonds last summer as result of ESG analysis.
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NewsESG roundup: ICGN, 30% club, IIC, UK Bribery Act
International Corporate Governance Network publishes two new best practice guidelines.
