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May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... May expected to boost the Conservatives' slim majority of 17 seats to as much as 140 based on current polls (as 'The Guardian' newspaper reports citing "election expert Michael Thrasher). Instead, and akin to the Brexit referendum result, UK voters once ...

Mercer wins $250m NZ mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... in August last year. Under the new model, PIF manager Taranaki Investment Management Limited (TIML) would become the guardian entity as New Plymouth PIF Guardians Limited. New Plymouth District Council chief financial officer Alan Bird explained at the ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... theirs to deal with. There are numerous autopsies done freely available on the web but I found Thomas Frank's piece in The Guardian particularly insightful. Here's the link. What's more important now is to discern where President Trump takes the USA ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is implementing a four-pronged climate change strategy across its entire NZ$30 billion investment portfolio. Representing a fundamental shift for the fund and the industry, NZ Super will reduce its carbon investment ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
The NZ Super Fund returned 1.89% (after costs, before NZ tax) in the year to 30 June 2016. Performance was hampered by negative returns in global equities but the investment committee was still able to add value versus the passive reference portfolio ...

Northern Trust wins two NZ Super mandates

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Northern Trusts Asset Management has been handed two new factor investing mandates by The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation. The mandates - each for NZ$300 million ($286 million) - will distribute funds Northern Trust already invests passively ...

NZSF gets top UN sustainability ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment has given top marks to the NZ Super Fund. The sovereign wealth fund has received an A+ rating for responsible investment governance and strategy and either A or A+ ratings across all reported ...

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has announced the appointment of two new directors to its managerial board and the reappointment of another director. Joining the board is British Columbia Investment Management Corporation founding chief executive ...

BOQ director announces resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... has announced the resignation of a non-executive director. Standing down is Neil Berkett. He is currently chair of The Guardian Media Group, a non-executive director at Sage, and was the former chief executive of Virgin Media in the UK. He was also the ...

ASIC bans former Guardian Advice planner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former Guardian Advice representative. Andrew Moroney worked under the Guardian Advice licence from 2006 to 2014, during which time ASIC alleged he engaged in deliberate "policy churn" - annually recommending clients replace ...