All articles by Nina Röhrbein – Page 34
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InterviewsChallenges and opportunities ahead
IPE asked three pension funds: ‘What challenges and opportunities will you face in 2009?’
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Features
BVK keeps long and short strategy
The pension fund of the Canton of Zurich (BVK) has been investing in commodities since August 2006 when it decided to allocate 4% of its portfolio to commodities. Its strategic exposure consists of seven individual commodity investments in three sub-categories. At end-June 2008 a collateralised commodity index note accounted ...
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Special Report
NPRF separates commodity risks
The default of swaps provider Lehman Brothers in October 2008 sent shockwaves through the investment community and made some investors re-examine their commodity swaps positions. One of those affected was Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF). With a benchmark allocation of 2% to commodities and forestry, it currently has all ...
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News
TBLI Conference: governance failure to blame
[15:40 CET 17-11] GLOBAL – A failure of governance is to blame for the current credit crisis, delegates at this year’s Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI) conference in Amsterdam heard
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Special Report
Remuneration in the spotlight
The current market downturn has thrown the apparent mismatch between executive performance and pay into sharp focus. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Features
Tempered optimism across Europe
IPE asked six pension organisations across Europe: ‘How have you been affected by the recent market turmoil?’ Interviews conducted by Nina Röhrbein/Liam Kennedy/George Coats
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Special ReportLaying firm Foundations
Investors into emerging markets want to see greater attention paid to the fundamental issues of ESG. Nina Röhrbein reports
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FeaturesThe Swiss see calm amid the storm
As the US-centric credit crunch places some of its leading financial institutions, like UBS, under real stress, Nina Röhrbein reports on the usually sedate world of Swiss asset management
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FeaturesDissecting the public sector
IPE asked three local government pension funds in Denmark, Switzerland and the UK: ‘How do you administer your fund?’
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News
Business heads urged to tackle stewardship
[12:15 CEST 08-10] UK - Company leaders, shareholders and the UK government have been called upon by business think-tank Tomorrow’s Company (TC) to put stewardship and responsible investment at the heart of every decision they make in response to the current financial crisis.
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FeaturesSomething old, something new
Some years back the Bank of Ireland set itself the challenge of creating a new pension scheme providing a more homogenous investment approach for employees across the whole group. Nina Röhrbein spoke to the bank’s head of pensions, Michelle Roche, to learn more about this young scheme’s progress
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FeaturesBuy-out market shows dramatic surge
New players have entered a market of over €3bn in the past couple of years, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Special ReportLarge caps risk from climate change
Many of the world’s largest companies are at risk from the threats presented by climate change. A study by global responsible investment specialists EIRIS of some of the 300 largest cap global companies listed on the FTSE All World Index showed that 35.6% of the companies, representing over $6.8trn (€4.36trn) ...
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Features
Hunt is on for commodity-related opportunities
Following record commodity prices this year, index providers are on the lookout for more opportunities related to the commodities boom. MSCI Barra, for example, has already developed the MSCI Agriculture & Food Chain indices, which are part of the MSCI Thematic & Strategy indices family. The new indices are designed ...
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Special ReportReporting extra-financial returns
A research paper entitled ‘The SRI Performance Paradox - How to Gauge and Measure the Extra-Financial Performance of Socially Responsible Investment’ by Christoph Butz (pictured right) and Olivier Pictet of Pictet Asset Management (PAM), suggests that extra-financial returns should be taken into account by investors after quantifying environmental and social ...
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FeaturesAssessing 130/30 strategies
IPE asked three pension services – in Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK – the same question: ‘What is your approach to 130/30 strategies?’ Here are their answers:
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FeaturesMixed messages at a time of crisis
While the asset management industry is opening to foreign investors and independence is increasingly valued, the general outlook is still conservative, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Special Report
Measuring a carbon footprint
Environmental information about investments is being used in portfolio analysis, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Special Report
Signing up to carbon disclosure
The Carbon Disclosure Project is striving to make all pension funds aware of carbon issues. Nina Röhrbein reports
