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OECD leads global infrastructure push
The OECD seeks to lengthen the time horizons of investors and get institutional money flowing from across the world into infrastructure gaps.
Dan BillinghamOctober 2, 2013
Opinion
End of the beginning for responsible investment
Recent reflections on this month’s five-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse have focused on a variety of developments since the crisis: from reform to remuneration, sovereign debt to shadow banking, and from offshore tax to the Occupy movement. However, one significant area that has been largely overlooked has been the rise of sustainable and […]
Peter WebsterSeptember 25, 2013
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Ugo Bassi focuses on transparency at ICGN
For many people their most memorable in situ news moment is when man landed on the moon or when John Lennon, Princess Diana or Michael Jackson died. But most Italians will remember where they were when Pope Benedict XVI resigned. A country with record unemployment, no head of state and no head of the church […]
Amanda WhiteMarch 6, 2013
Editorial
Smart beta: where is the value?
I’ve been contemplating the “smart beta” wave the industry seems to be riding at the moment. Cynically, part of that contemplation asks whether there is any innovation at play or whether it’s simply the industry playing with nomenclature once again. The answer is confusing, for while I’d like to be able to write it off […]
Amanda WhiteFebruary 15, 2013
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Fund “heads in sand” on climate risk
An Australian superannuation fund with A$6.6 billion ($6.9 billion) under management has achieved number-one ranking in a global survey of how the world’s top 1000 retirement funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds are responding to climate risk. Sydney-based Local Government Super (LGS) has received the top ranking in the inaugural Climate Index of the […]
Lachlan ColquhounJanuary 9, 2013