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Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Responsible Investment (UN PRI) including Boston Common Asset Management, Hermes EOS and AP1 the Swedish National Pension fund. Australian-based asset managers were also well represented in the statement including the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Norway pension manager expands into Singapore

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has expanded operations to Singapore to get closer to the region it invests 10 per cent of its funds. The Singapore office will focus on investment and trading ...

US pension funds boost mortgages

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... state and local government police officers, firefighters, employees, and retirees. It is the third largest public pension fund in the United States.

PGI global strategy wins $500m mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... Principal Global Investors' Global Growth Equity has picked up a $500 million mandate from the Japanese government pension fund. John Pihlblad, portfolio manager of the strategy, said more than $4 billion is managed on behalf of clients outside the US ...

CalPERS fights BoA directors election

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... ballot are seven other Bank of America directors who weren't on the board during the Merrill Lynch merger and whom the pension fund supports. "The Bank of America board can restore investor confidence by demonstrating competence, independence and its ...

Sovereign fund takes shine to platinum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Sovereign fund Temasek and European-based pension fund APG are looking to invest more than $50 million each in a South African platinum exploration and development firm. Platmin announced that both parties have expressed an intention to buy over $50 ...

UK council seeks global infrastructure manager

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... asked to consider the fund's existing infrastructure investments when making investments on behalf of the council's pension fund. No benchmark has been agreed, as the council plans to discuss investment targets with the successful manager. The council ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
US-based pension funds and institutions are ramping up their proxy voting efforts across human rights issues with some positive results. The report, Proxy Voting on Labor Standards: A Case by Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder ...

Farmland ripe for the picking

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... January. Up more than $1 billion on the same time last year. Pensions & Investment reported that AP3, a European pension fund, has invested $40 million in a number of Russian listed companies that invest in farmland.

NabInvest buys Canadian property boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... NabInvest acquired Presima from SITQ, a subsidiary of the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Canada's largest pension fund manager. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval in both Australia and Canada. Nick Basile, nabInvest investment ...