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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 ...

NZ Super appoints COO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... company secretary of The Warehouse Group, will become the chief operating officer of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation from 16 July. The Warehouse Group is a large New Zealand based discount store operator, with over 100 stores around Australia. ...

NZ Super dives into IT securities lending

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has appointed securities lending specialist eSecLending to manage its securities lending programme. NZ Super has set up a securities lending programme in a bit to boost revenues, by lending its securities ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The New Zealand Superannuation Board has responded to an attack from the NZ Greens Party that alleged they were investing in companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and cluster bombs. David May, chairman of the Board of the Guardians of New Zealand ...

KiwiSaver takes off

... scheme, the Government has also introduced a voluntary savings scheme for state sector employees and the New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) Fund. Another NZ government-run wealth management organisation is KiwiBank which is owned by New Zealand Post. Michelle ...

From NZ Super to the Future Fund - Costello's next step

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's outgoing chief executive, Paul Costello, stressed that it is early days yet to talk about his new role but if NZ Super's performance track record is anything to go by the Future Fund is in good hands. "They're very ...

NZ Super Fund scores big but cautions on the future

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has posted better than expected returns for the third year in a row but has cautioned that its current level of performance will not be sustainable over the long term. The NZ fund, the equivalent to Australia's Future ...

Vanguard picks up global listed property mandate

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has awarded a NZ$100 million mandate for a global listed property portfolio to Vanguard Investments Australia. The benchmark chosen for the portfolio is the UBS Global Real Estate Investors Index in New Zealand dollars ...