All articles by Nina Röhrbein – Page 28
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Country Report
Cyprus: Stepping off the path
Nina Rohrbein looks at the effects of Regulation 2/2010 on the conservative asset allocations of Cypriot pension funds
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News
AMIC to push corporate governance with EU paper
EUROPE – The Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC) is working on a corporate governance paper in conjunction with the European Union.
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Ethos and Proxinvest form proxy voting alliance
EUROPE – The Ethos Foundation and Proxinvest have formed a strategic alliance to pool their proxy voting expertise.
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Special ReportThe environment factor
Nina Röhrbein reports on the progress of sustainable real estate
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News
SAM predicts rapid growth in clean tech private equity
GLOBAL - Clean tech private equity has grown to 9% of global private equity investments and is expected to continue its rapid growth in the years to come, according to Swiss-based asset manager SAM.
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NewsUK actuarial bodies agree to merge
UK - The Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland and the Institute of Actuaries are to join together to form the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries after members voted in favour of a resolution supporting the merger.
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NewsRisk, not returns, drives German sustainable investments
GERMANY – The need to optimise risk management, rather than to boost investment returns, is the main reason German institutional investors consider sustainable investments, according to a study by Union Investments.
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Swiss AHV reviews asset allocation ahead of split
SWITZERLAND – The CHF26.7bn (€19bn) Swiss Federal Social Security Fund (AHV/AVS) will split into three from 2011 following 63 years running as a single entity.
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Country Report
France: Tactical moves
In a country of defined contribution schemes, French pensions have historically been risk averse. Nina Röhrbein reports on whether this trend in asset allocation is continuing
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Special Report
Thematic Investing: Beloved, unloved cleantech
The market-wide sell-off, competition from Asia and the debacle at COP15 has put a dent in the cleantech theme for now, finds Nina Röhrbein. But this only makes the still robust long-term story look better value
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Country Report
France: Showing the way on ESG
ERAFP and FRR are two of the most socially and environmentally aware pension funds in France, writes Nina Röhrbein
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NewsStewardship Code continues to receive mixed views on governance
UK – The Institute of Directors (IoD) believes the proposed Stewardship Code needs to do yet more to encourage institutional investors to engage with companies.
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Country ReportGermany: Risiko!
Many German institutions already use their tight risk budgets to finance minimum returns. Now, with inflation on the horizon, the task is to allocate risk effectively, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Country Report
Germany: Local and global
Nina Röhrbein assesses the state of play in the German asset consulting marketplace following the merger of Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt
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Special Report
ESG risk in a portfolio context
Nina Röhrbein reports on research into the implications that a ESG strategy can have upon asset allocation
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News
Swiss sustainability market sees record growth in 2009
SWITZERLAND - Sustainable investments in Switzerland were worth a record high of CHF34.1bn (€23.3bn) by the end of 2009.
