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 …
Mercer’s Responsible Investment Update
ISSUE 22 – BACK TO BASICS EDITION Dear Responsible Investment subscriber, We are pleased to share with you the latest edition of our Responsible Investment Update, a global review highlighting important new resources and reports about integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations into investment decision-making processes. This month, …
European asset owners: implementing more formal ESG practices to protect against long-term risks
4 December 2012 – Novethic is releasing the results of its annual survey on the integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria by European asset owners, conducted with the support of BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Novethic surveyed 115 executives from the leading financial institutions in 11 countries, managing a …
20th TBLI CONFERENCE™ & ESG LEADERS AWARDS 2012
Congratulations to Hazel Henderson, Ethical Markets founder and president. We’re proud to be part of your life’s work. – Ethical Markets Team We recently held our 14th TBLI CONFERENCE™ in Europe (20 events in total, including TBLI CONFERENCE™ ASIA) and I must say it was one of the best events …
We’ve got RI, ESG and CSR: now it’s time for Strategically Aware Investing!
Everyone seems to be clamouring for more “mainstreaming” but, says Matthew Kiernan, the terminology is holding us back. The enormous confusion and conflation among acronyms (ESG, RI, SRI, CSR, SI) has resulted in their stigmatization by mainstream asset owners, advisors and managers. Words matter, and if sustainability concerns could be shorn of their historical, …
Innovation is in urgent need of revival
The good folks from Occupy Wall Street/St Paul’s/the City have rightly drawn the world’s attention to many of the worst ills of contemporary capitalism, but they have not yet mentioned one which we consider to be equally pernicious: the financial system’s almost pathological abhorrence of innovation. All over the world, …
ESG Strategies for Responsible Investors December 4, 2012 – Paris
The Novethic Annual Event is dedicated to the integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria in asset management. At this one-day event aimed exclusively at asset owners, 300 participants gain unprecedented insight into responsible investment thanks to its panel of speakers, an international network of active specialists from eight …
Which comes first: the finance or the ESG?
Join your fellow professionals from pension funds, investment banking, asset management and research agencies for ESG and financial training organised by Responsible Investor with the University of St. Andrews. Delegates from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK are already confirmed. ESG Finance Week aims to …
ESG and Financial Training Plus the ESG Finance Lab
ESG AND FINANCIAL TRAINING ? PLUS THE ESG FINANCE LAB Join your fellow professionals from investment banking, asset management and research agencies for ESG and financial training organised by Responsible Investor with the University of St. Andrews. Twenty-two delegates from Germany, Switzerland and the UK are already confirmed. ESG Finance …
Fiduciary duty and clients’ long-term interests: UK initiatives launching this Spring
Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘Fiduciary duty and clients’ long-term interests: UK initiatives launching this Spring’ Several initiatives to increase understanding of the issue of fiduciary duty and acting in clients long-term interests are being rolled out, with NSFM participants at the forefront. As FTfm …