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Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... will be independent firms operating in defined geographic areas, and focused on delivering customised solutions for asset owners. "The establishment of the Alliance enables members to provide clients with broad coverage of asset managers and global investment ...

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... commissioned by State Street Corporation. The survey of nearly 300 executives from global asset managers, intermediaries and asset owners found that more than three-quarters of respondents said their organisation had a very risk-aware culture today. ...

State Street beefs up data storage with new division

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... will also be able to access State Street research. In 2012, State Street conducted research with that found 46% of asset owners rated their ability to achieve a comprehensive look-through of their portfolio across all security types and investment structures ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... the tendering for and rotation of auditors. Legislators in the UK and Europe are also reviewing the roles played by asset owners and asset managers in the oversight of the corporate governance in the companies in which they invest." It said it will be ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... reckless mismanagement of climate change risk, said a prominent economist. Yesterday the not-for-profit group the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AOPD) released what it said was the first ever global index that shows how the world's biggest investors ...

Insto investors confront liquidity crunch

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... rethinking their asset allocation strategies, according to a new State Street report. The research, entitled The Asset Owners' Perspective: Evolving Investment and Operational Models, explores how the continued volatility of global financial markets ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... many reeling, the investment dangers of Climate Change are now being ignored, said Dr John Hewson, chairman of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and Shartru Capital. Through AOPD Hewson, a former leader of the Australian Liberal Party and Reserve ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... sufficient oxygen or providing stakeholders with clarity about its strategies to protect its portfolio. In a letter to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, the $75 billion fund claimed it suffered "resource constraints." Asset Owners Disclosure Project ...

Greater teamwork for ESG: Towers Watson

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
Governments, asset owners and corporations will need to work together in a stronger partnership to achieve a sustainable investment future, new research from Towers Watson has found. After surveying 22 asset managers in conjunction with Oxford University ...

IAG urges Asia focus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Australian companies need to seriously start looking at investing in Asia or risk falling further behind the eight ball, warns Mike Wilkins, managing director at IAG. By the year 2020, Wilkins said, middle class consumption in Asia - excluding Japan ...