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AIST chair set sights on UN PRI board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... Current board members include Donald MacDonald, British Telecom Pension Scheme trustee and Glen Saunders, New Zealand Superannuation Fund trustee. The UN PRI has around 500 signatories across asset owners, investment manager and professional service ...

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... taking active steps to incorporate them in their strategy and risk management." UN PRI signatory, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund said corporate responsibility should not be forgotten during tough economic times. "It is important to remember these ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The world credit crisis has drawn blood from another victim, with New Zealand Superannuation Fund posting a loss of $568 million or 4.92 per cent for the year ended 30 June 2008. The 4.92 per cent figure was the fund's net return on investment for the ...

NZ Super ends Fisher Funds ties

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation has officially ended their investment relationship with Fisher Funds Management Limited opting to take this aspect of the portfolio direct. NZ Super appointed Fisher Funds back in December 2003 to manage an ...

Northern Trust bags award

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... Australian institution. In a double coup, Northern Trust also scooped up a $10 billion mandate from New Zealand Superannuation Fund during the same period. "Over the past two years we have more than doubled our assets under custody in the region and ...

NZ Super in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund posted a negative return over the six-month period to December last year, citing continued global equity market volatility. The fund's full year net return on investments to June 2007 was 14.5 per cent before tax ...

Future fund appoints another private equity expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... than 12 years experience in private equity and corporate finance, having previously held roles at the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, ANZ private equity, Ernst & Young and SG Hambros. David Neal, chief investment officer at the Future Fund, said Byrom ...

Tobacco shares up in smoke

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has stripped its portfolio of $37.6 million worth of tobacco shares after an environmental, social and governance (ESG) review of the fund's investments. The tobacco stocks represented only 0.29 per cent of the fund's ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... $31.3 million a year ago. The massive increase was largely due to an $11.1 billion investment by the New Zealand Superannuation and $920 million by the ASB Community Trust.

NZ Super Fund defends Myanmar investment

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has come under fire from local non-government organisations (NGOs) for its shareholdings in Total S.A., a French oil company with operations in Myanmar. But the guardians of New Zealand superannuation chief executive ...