This site is for the 2019 Assembly of Investment Chairs event.
2020 Assembly of Investment Chairs website
The Assembly
The Assembly is unique in that its purpose is only for the benefit of Chairs of Investment Committees.
The Chairs will have access to the executives and thinking of the Guardians, the manager of the NZ Superannuation Fund, and benefit from insights from research from Otago University Business School, through the Climate and Energy Finance Group (CEFGroup).
NZ Superannuation Fund
The NZ Superannuation Fund was recently found by respected advisory firm Willis Towers Watson as being at global best practice level. The fund is at the forefront of sustainable investing and one of the founding members of the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund group.
The Guardians has a long-standing commitment to Responsible Investment believing that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to long term returns. ESG considerations are therefore integrated into all aspects of the Fund's investment activities, from investment selection and due diligence to ownership activities such as monitoring our external investment managers, exercising our voting rights and engaging with companies to improve their ESG policies and practices.
Climate and Energy Finance Group (CEFGroup)
Climate change creates profound risks and opportunities for the financial system, yet academic research on these issues are in their infancy. The University of Otago is providing global leadership in this field through its Climate and Energy Finance Group (CEFGroup). CEFGroup is one of the largest groupings in climate finance in the world and is a founding member of the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) and the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund research group, placing the Otago Business School in an elite group at the forefront of climate finance.
