Survey shows waning interest in fiduciary management in Netherlands NETHERLANDS – Pension funds less likely to outsource asset management, IPNederland survey shows. 12/12/12 Wednesday people roundup ABP settles with JP Morgan over ‘false, misleading’ RMBS sale OECD review to trigger ‘major’ pension reforms in Ireland Pension funds have ‘heads in …
NSFM report published today: Financial Transaction Tax will help, not harm, pensions
Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘NSFM report published today: Financial Transaction Tax will help, not harm, pensions ‘ 11th December, 2012: A Financial Transaction Tax would not adversely hit pension funds according to a new report published today by the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets. …
Strategic allocations to factor premiums: the next big thing?
10-07-2012 | Insight | David Blitz, PhD “Why limit yourself to the equity premium,” asks David Blitz, Head, Robeco Quantitative Equity Research, “when there are systematic factor strategies that outperform market-cap-weighted benchmarks?” Recent research from Robeco looks at how to translate the theory of factor premium investing into practice. Innovative …
NSFM Roundtable Explores Risk Management and Fundamental Principles of Fiduciary Duty
Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘NSFM Roundtable Explores Risk Management and Fundamental Principles of Fiduciary Duty‘ A group of pension fund trustees, senior managers, advisors and academics gathered in Seattle in October, 2012 to discuss the challenges facing pension fund managers and trustees. Participants were …
Voting for TBLI ESG Leaders Awards 2012 Now Open
Voting for TBLI ESG Leaders Awards 2012 Now Open Congratulations to Hazel Henderson and her nomination for one of the TBLI ESG Leaders Awards 2012. Five awards will be handed out to those in the industry who have excelled in their dedication to ESG and IMPACT Investing (in Europe and …
Long-term investment beliefs are focus of P&I-Oxford survey – a few days left to participate!
Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘Long-term investment beliefs are focus of P&I-Oxford survey – a few days left to participate!’ Pensions & Investments and Oxford University launched a survey on May 23 exploring long-term investment beliefs. Institutional investors ? including executives at pension funds, foundations, …
ILO Conference: ITUC outraged at Employers attack on ILO system
The employers’ group today blocked discussion of some of the worst cases of worker rights violations at the annual ILO conference in Geneva. Read more… Qatar’s Workers Need a Real Trade Union, Not a Fake One The ITUC has agreed to a meeting with the Qatari Labour Minister to outline the …
UK roundup: Mervyn King on quantitative easing, LCP on buy-ins
UK roundup: Mervyn King on quantitative easing, LCP on buy-ins 28 Mar 2012 UK – The governor of the Bank of England has spoken out against claims that its £325bn (€388bn) quantitative easing (QE) programme has damaged the long-term viability of the UK’s pension schemes. Speaking at the economic affairs …
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain Ellen Browneb_small Chairman and President Public Banking Institute An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Counties have been cheated out of …
Ambachtsheer: Pension Fund Manager Compensation Should Be Reevaluated lead article in ai-CIO
Sustainable Financial Markets Ambachtsheer: Pension Fund Manager Compensation Should Be Reevaluated lead article in ai-CIO Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST Remuneration for pension fund managers has come under the spotlight as investors have taken aim over investment banking pay, according to a paper published by Keith Ambachtsheer at …