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ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Funds that systematically factor in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are achieving better returns and grew at twice the rate of their mainstream counterparts, according to a new report. The latest research from Responsible Investment ...

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 ...

Northern Trust opens local shop

... Chicago in 1889, Northern Trust manages almost US$4 trillion in assets globally and counts the Future Fund and the New Zealand Super Fund as clients. The new Australian office is 101 Collins Street in Melbourne. The iconic 57-floor single tower building ...

NZ Super appoints COO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
Mark Fennell, currently 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 ...

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

New Zealand's Parliament has approved the KiwiSaver Bill, a new set of laws that will enforce a voluntary work-based savings scheme effective 1 July next year. KiwiSaver is NZ's equivalent to Australia's compulsory superannuation system but unlike the ...

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 ...

ACT govt goes to super tender

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... Federal Governments have since followed the ACT's lead with their own similar fund structures, noticeably the New Zealand Super Fund and the Australian Future Fund.