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Scheme losses on BP disaster are an ESG failure

Global Pensions | 16 Aug 2010 | 11:24

UK - News that the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global lost €1.1bn on its 1.75% stake in BP has highlighted the potential impact faced by UK schemes, FairPensions says.

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China pension funds should ask more on environment, group says

CHINA - China should ask its 777bn yuan (US$115bn) national pension fund to demand more corporate disclosure on the environment as accidents in the past month polluted rivers and the sea, a responsible investment group said.

Global Pensions | 30 Jul 2010

CPPIB criticised for tar sands investment

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has been criticised by environmentalists for investing C$250m (US$239) in an Alberta tar sands company.

Global Pensions | 08 Jul 2010 | secure

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Microfinance: the new frontier?

In recent years microfinance has steadily risen in significance. However, it is not on everyone’s radar and questions remain about its sustainability, as Alison Swersky reports

From little acorns

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the rising trend towards timber investment and the many routes investors can take

Investing in a greener, profitable future

Charlotte Moore looks at how investors are increasingly targeting the clean technology sector and how it can bring high returns

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Pensions In-Depth: Video interview with Geoffrey Staines

Global Pensions | 08 Jul 2010 | secure | screening image

In an interview with GP's sister title Professional Pensions, Daily Mail & General Trust pensions director Geoffrey Staines talks to Jonathan Stapleton about communications, risk management and in-scheme resource.

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Are claims that the European Commission's alternative investment fund manager directive will cause an exodus of alternative managers from Europe overblown?

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