All articles by Nina Röhrbein – Page 24
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NewsSwitzerland's Ethos presses for review of Novartis' remuneration policy
Foundation argued that remuneration should not reward risk-taking.
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NewsExchanges asked to crack down on 'inadequate' reporting
Institutional investors call on 30 exchanges to address ESG disclosure among listed companies.
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News'Enhance, invest, engage' key in climate change battle – Mercer
Institutional investors need to take a threefold approach to integrate climate change, according to report.
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Belgian pension funds return 9.5% in 2010
BELGIUM – Returns down from 15.7% year earlier in low interest rate environment, says BAPI/BVPI.
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NewsClimate change could cost investors trillions, says Mercer
Consultancy cites continued delay in policy action, lack of international coordination.
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NewsSarasin extends sustainability programme across business
Swiss asset manager reorganises quantitative, sustainable divisions to allocate assets under same roof.
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The Engaged Investor: The South African code
South Africa is on course to become the second country after the UK to publish a stewardship code. The Code for Responsible Investing by Institutional Investors in South Africa (CRISA) works on an apply-or-explain basis and consists of four principles.
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The Engaged Investor: UK code, global practice
The UK Stewardship Code has inspired much discussion and activity overseas. However, Nina Röhrbein discovers significant obstacles to implementing something similar in other countries
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The Engaged Investor: When dialogue fails…
...exclusion prevails. Although in most cases a matter of last resort, negative screening among some pension funds is slowly on the rise, as Nina Röhrbein reports
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Implementing ESG – the sustainable bank’s way
Some 75% of the core portfolios of KfW, Germany’s development bank, is managed sustainably, as Nina Röhrbein finds
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Going global
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Marinos Gialeli, general manager of the Cyprus Hotel Employees Provident Fund, about its approach to managing its clients’ assets in a period of global economic downturn
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Asian investors warming to ESG principles, says Tokio Marine
ESG investing is on the rise in Japan and the rest of Asia, according to Tokio Marine.
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NewsAODP to help pension funds with climate change best practice
GLOBAL – The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to directing institutional capital toward the low carbon economy, has launched an action plan to help pension funds better manage climate change risk.
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NewsCapital markets must absorb longevity risk, insurers say
GLOBAL – Capital markets will have to help governments and the insurance industry absorb some longevity risk, insurers have said.
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Positive impact in Africa
A local presence and a tilt towards impact investing is the way to succeed on the final frontier, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Long-term investor, short-term horizon
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Truls Tollefsen, chief financial officer at Vital Forsikring, about the Norwegian insurer’s approach to managing its client’s long-term interests in the face of a strict annual guaranteed return objective
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NewsEuropean investors looking to raise absolute return allocation
GLOBAL – Almost 90% of European investors are looking to increase their allocation to absolute return strategies over the next three years, according to a survey by Aviva Investors.
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NewsCompanies' engagement activities 'disappointingly poor'
GLOBAL – Research on stewardship by the UK's largest asset managers has revealed a huge gulf between the best and the worst performers.
