Impact investing
In-depth reporting on impact investing for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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AnalysisPRI in Person: Climate resilience and biodiversity front and centre
The 16th annual PRI in Person conference, held in Toronto last week, covered a range of issues, including climate resilience, biodiversity and the limits of policy makers
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Special ReportHave factor investing strategies had their day?
Factors have inspired indices, spin-offs and a variety of investment strategies but it has become hard to argue that they will offer investors a persistent future premium
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NewsManagers’ net-zero commitments ‘not relevant’, says chair of asset owner climate alliance
Net zero is very much an asset owner story, believes Gunther Thallinger, in latest sign that expectations for managers are shifting
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NewsNew global taskforce launches to drive transparency on social, financial risks
The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures will ensure that tackling inequalities is a top priority
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: Member preferences, buying into nature investment
Plus: Do existing corporate climate standards do enough to recognise some of the most important actions that companies can take to mitigate climate change?
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NewsGerman associations draft concept for ESG investments in defence industry
Weapons banned under international law should continue to be completely excluded from investments, according to associations
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NewsSustainable Finance-Beirat urges schemes to improve ESG, engagement strategies
Chair Silke Stremlau says it makes economic and ecological sense to include risks such as climate change, biodiversity loss and scarcity of resources in active investment strategies
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NewsIIGCC finalises materiality-based Scope 3 guidance for investors
Guidance recommends investors approach scope 3 with materiality and transparency in mind, and be cautious about aggregation
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InterviewsKPN Pensioenfonds: Active investors by conviction
Caspar Vlaar and Jaap van Dam of KPN Pensioenfonds talk to Tjibbe Hoekstra about the Dutch fund’s belief in active investing, its venture into private markets and its impact strategy
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NewsVelliv invests in World Bank’s Amazon Reforestation-Linked Bond
Danish pension fund says principal-protected bond aligns well with its environmental, social priorities
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: Moving money to EM, tackling myths
Plus: Voting rules in Europe and IPE’s Transition Conference
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NewsClimate NGO’s net-zero test for fossil fuel reserves included in FCA consultation
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has included Carbon Tracker and ClientEarths’ proposal for an ‘atmospheric viability test’ on fossil fuel reserves.
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NewsBiodiversity foundation sets ambitious nature targets for investors
The guide has been developed in alignment with key initiatives on nature and climate change, including the TNFD, SBTN, and UNEP FI
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NewsWiltshire Pension Fund, LGIM anchor $400m emerging markets transition vehicle
The strategy is a debt portfolio focusing on investments in clean infrastructure, clean technology, and decarbonisation, says manager Ninety One
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch insurers eye more buyouts
Plus: PMT’s ESG exclusion framework and PGGM’s DEI pledge
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NewsCorporate debt could become more attractive than equity under climate scenarios
Prompt and robust abatement action is needed to keep losses below 10%, research by EDHEC Business School shows
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NewsSwiss association urges asset owners to hold managers accountable for stewardship
‘We are not activist investors,’ says AMAS CEO
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: ESG integration costs and other challenges
Plus: IPE Top 500 Managers report on ESG headcount; European Union: elections, CSDDD and SFDR
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NewsInvestor bodies urge new UK PM to ‘seize opportunities’ of net-zero transition
The IIGCC, UKSIF and the PRI wrote to UK prime minister Keir Starmer asking for renewed policy focus to boost competitiveness and decarbonise the real economy
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NewsImpact-investing RFPs difficult to implement, says M&G
According to the asset manager, the definitions of impact given by pension funds in requests for proposal are often too broadly formulated to build portfolios
