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Investors considering climate change investment policies double
Global Pensions |
07 Jun 2010 | 
EUROPE – The number of investors considering climate change policies as key to manager selection has doubled since 2007, but the actual integration of these policies into investment mandates has failed to take off, a report by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) revealed.
Asset management turnaround
Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to Schroders executive vice chairman Massimo Tosato about how the asset management business has produced healthy results
SEC accuses Schroders portfolio manager of fraud
US – The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a former Schroders Investment Management North America (SIMNA) portfolio manager of using confidential information to encourage his family members to offload their shares in a fund he managed.
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Schroders: Italy’s second pillar strongest form of saving
ITALY – The financial crisis has shown the relative strength of the country’s second pillar pension system in comparison with other forms of savings, Schroders’ head of distribution for Italy Luca Tenani has said.
Norway: A cautious approach
Norwegian pensions have tended to adapt a careful approach to investment but following the financial meltdown, has this proved successful? Giovanni Legorano reports
Chilean schemes investing abroad
Chile’s regulator has made it easier for the country to invest its US$114bn in pension assets outside its home country. Rodrigo Amaral reports
AP7 bounces back
SWEDEN - AP7’s Premium Savings and Premium Choice funds both bounced back last year after a torrid 2008.
GESB hires Schroders for international equity mandate
AUSTRALIA – Western Australia-based superannuation fund GESB has hired Schroders Investment Management to run a A$2.7bn (US$2.5bn) international equity brief.
Conservative investments, strong local markets help Brazilian funds boom
A conservative investment approach meant Brazilian pensions suffered only minor scrapes during the crisis, but too-strong funding levels bring problems of their own, as Dorothee Gnaedinger reports
Asia’s real estate markets – balancing risk and return
James Buckley and Mark Callender consider the Asian property investment market
Pension funds demand more proactive advice
GLOBAL – The relationship between pension funds and their consultants is changing with scheme managers often asking their advisers to be more proactive with their investment advice, industry experts said.
Looking into the crystal ball
The relationship between pension funds and consultants is set to become more symbiotic. Raquel Pichardo-Allison asks if consultants are ready for the challenges ahead
No slowdown for commodities
Institutional investors flooded into commodities last year as prices soared. Industry experts say the asset class’ popularity isn’t likely to wane in 2010, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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