PHILIPPA YELLAND, Author at Top1000funds.com

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Climate-change cloud has silver lining: Mercer

Climate change could slash as much as 10 per cent off portfolios in the next 20 years, according to Mercer’s much-anticipated climate change report, the result of an 18-month collaboration with 14 institutional investors from around the globe.

PHILIPPA YELLANDFebruary 16, 2011

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Cancun does not solve key issues: Sorensen

The international climate process survived at COP16, but the UN Cancun Agreement does not solve key issues such as legally binding emission targets and carbon pricing, according to chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Ole Beier Sorensen.

PHILIPPA YELLANDDecember 22, 2010

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Resentment builds over AIFM Directive

Two-thirds of Europe’s alternative assets fund managers oppose the AIFM Directive, with the EU passport and disclosure requirements topping the list of concerns.

PHILIPPA YELLANDDecember 22, 2010

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Equities lose out to bonds for Europe’s sustainable investors

Bonds are the favoured asset class at 53 per cent among European sustainable and responsible investors with equities dropping to 33 per cent, according to a Eurosif SRI report.

PHILIPPA YELLANDDecember 15, 2010

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Endowment funds turn to alternatives

Foundation and endowment funds are allocating the largest percentage of alternatives to their portfolios, with public funds coming second ahead corporate plans in third place.

PHILIPPA YELLANDDecember 8, 2010

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Norway’s auditor slams manager fees as ‘reprehensible’

Norway’s Finance Ministry is under fire for huge fees paid to external fund managers of the NOK3 trillion ($478 billion) Government Pension Fund, with the country’s auditor general criticising Norges Bank as “reprehensible” for paying out NOK500 million ($81 million) on a mandate of NOK3.3 billion ($534 million).

PHILIPPA YELLANDDecember 1, 2010