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ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... industry, large asset owners in the Asian region are building their expertise in the area. ASrIA points to Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) as one example - the NPS has allocated assets to sustainable investments including mutual funds and customised ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... ranked the top institutional asset onwer for its transparency and management plan, with South Africa's Government Employees Pension Fund second, CareSuper third, the Dutch Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) fourth, and Cbus Super ranked fifth. ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... paper was prepared by the PRI hedge funds working group, with input from representatives from Albourne Partners, APG, BT Pension Scheme, Church of England National Investing Bodies, the Environmental Investment Partnership, Harcourt Investment Consulting ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... impacts of climate change, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). While superannuation and pension funds have an understanding of the risks to assets that climate change could bring, there has not broad-based action to ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... joining the Emerald Club, the distributor of the Emerald Wrap, a dedicated responsible investment, superannuation and pension platform, but said that the fund lacks the "critical mass" of assets under management to make worthwhile the switch to a unit ...

ACSI reiterates support for NewsCorp board overhaul

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... support shareholder resolutions promulgated by the Christian Brothers Investment Services and the UK Local Authorities Pension Fund Forum. ACSI is further calling on the NewsCorp board to replace family members, affiliated and executive directors with ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... in Mauritius, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, South Africa, USA and the UK. Project partners include the Government Employees Pension Fund of South Africa, Investec Asset Management, Mergence Investment Managers, Old Mutual Investment Group South Africa, MSCI ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... for is A and AA. If you think about those three things, here's a demand for A and AA at the moment amongst insurers or pension funds, plus there's an increasing re-rating towards bonds anyway, then you've got the SRI and the pension funds looking to ...

Cbus CEO David Atkin re-elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... 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, was re-elected ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... investments in sovereign debt, and innovative approaches to liability-driven investment strategies to reduce risk for pension and insurance funds," according to the Climate Bonds Advisory Panel. Flannery also co-founded the African Institute of Innovation ...