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Oracle pay targeted by pension funds before annual meeting

2013-10-31 06:11:48| IT Services - Topix.net

Pension funds holding Oracle shares issued a letter opposing the re-election of directors because they said the board had failed to change the compensation structure, adding to the dissenting voices on executive pay a day before the company's annual meeting.

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Pension funds that ignore climate change are failing to protect savers

2013-10-29 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Despite signs that the economy is beginning to recover from the biggest financial collapse in living memory, the investment outlook remains challenging. In this environment, as the difficulties of maintaining short-term returns dominate discussions about investment strategy, climate change may seem to many a less than pressing issue. Yet it represents a significant financial risk with enormous implications for the retirement outcomes of today's savers. While understandably preoccupied with the...

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Major Pension Funds Question Long-Term Outlook for Fossil Fuel Profits

2013-10-25 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Leaders from some of the largest pension funds in the U.S. and the world are concerned about the future profitability of fossil fuel companies, and they have asked those companies to report on their plans for managing a long-term shift toward renewable energy. Managers of 70 major pension funds, which together control about $3 trillion in investments, asked 45 of the world's largest coal, oil, gas, and electric power companies to complete the profitability studies by spring. The pension funds are...

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Major Pension Funds Ask for Climate Change Study

2013-10-24 16:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Some of the largest pension funds in the U.S. and the world are worried that major fossil fuel companies may not be as profitable in the future because of efforts to limit climate change, and they want details on how the firms will manage a long-term shift to cleaner energy sources. In a statement released Thursday, leaders of 70 funds said they're asking 45 of the world's top oil, gas, coal and electric power companies to do detailed assessments of how efforts to control climate change could...

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