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Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... we're after." Using the metric has led Omega to be underweight the US, Japan and Italy, and overweight Finland, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Denmark and the UK. Omega has begun presenting this research to clients, McCrum said. "It's definitely something ...

Cbus CEO David Atkin re-elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... positions, PRI said in a statement. In addition to Atkin, Eric Wetlaufer, senior vice president of public market investments at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), was elected to the open position. Daniel Simard, general co-ordinator of Batirente ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... supply chain labour standards." Other companies included in the indexes as a result of the review include Bell Aliant of Canada, Astellas Pharmaceutical of Japan, Tate & Lyle in the UK, DIRECTV Group from the US, and Tiffany & Co of the USA. The seven ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... status as a niche market. The report found that 67% of the market originates in Europe, with 17% from the US and Russia, Canada and China with 3% each. The UK alone had 23% of the global total. "The report does two things it identifies what a universe ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Pension Fund (AP2), Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3), ASN Bank, Aviva Investors, Boston Common Asset Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Cyrte Investments, Dexia Asset Management, DNB, Folketrygdfondet (Government Pension Fund ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... out who's paying what. This will be disaggregated under both approaches." Spoors noted that other countries, including Canada, have also moved to mandating disclosure of payments to governments. In its submission to the ASX, PWYP Australia suggested ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... issues." From a geographic perspective, emerging markets and Asia-Pacific have the highest proportion of top ratings, while Canada has the least. Birgden attributed the high proportion of top ratings in the Asia-Pacific region to the focus on ESG by ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... fewest. From a geographic perspective, emerging markets and Asia-Pacific have the highest proportion of top ratings, while Canada has the least. Andrew Kirton, Mercer's global chief investment officer, said the firm "was not surprised" that only 9% of ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. As part of the study, Mercer outlined a framework for analyzing climate-related investment risks and opportunities. The ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... 80 questions about their ICT sustainability policies, behaviour and technologies. Surveys were conducted in Australia, Canada, China, India, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The methodology, developed by Connection Research ...