Investor Strategy – Page 48
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Equinor agrees new climate change commitments with investors
Pledges developed with institutional investors on behalf of Climate Action 100+
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NewsATP future-proofs quant portfolio with environmental factor addition
Denmark’s biggest pension fund reduces carbon footprint with addition of environmental ‘signal’ to equities investments
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IFC unveils impact investing principles to provide ‘common standard’
Principles intended to bring clarity, discipline as ‘impact’ label becomes more popular
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Asset manager roundup: Generali backs ex-Pioneer staff’s multi-asset firm
Also: Deutsche Börse buys Axioma in $850m deal; AQR opens Frankfurt office
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LGIM: Accelerated energy transition offers ‘trillion-dollar opportunity set’
Modelling reveals investments offering ‘asymmetrical exposure to acceleration of policy change’
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Short-term climate change repricing ‘could add or take 3%’ from portfolios
Mercer updates climate change scenario modelling in follow-up to landmark 2015 report
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NewsAP1 awards $1.5bn private equity mandate to Hamilton Lane
Swedish national pension fund plans 1 percentage point boost to PE allocation
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NewsNorway clarifies SWF’s climate rules to facilitate exclusions
Proposed addition of absolute threshold for coal exclusions to capture more companies
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Supermarket scheme to up risk exposure with indexation in mind
Pension fund lost 0.8% last year and funding did not improve
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Investors request ‘urgent’ information from mining companies
Companies asked to disclose information about tailings dam management within 45 days
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Industry body sets out ‘core characteristics’ of impact investing
Communication of four main tenets comes amid concerns about ‘impact washing’
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NewsFinancial costs of lowering carbon risk ‘statistically negligible’
Researchers argue investors can hedge against energy transition without sacrificing returns
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‘Attractive entry point’ for cryptocurrencies following price crash
Institutional investors should consider an allocation to cryptocurrencies, according to Cambridge Associates
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Economists warn investment ‘groupthink’ could hurt pension outcomes
Schemes hiring the same actuaries often made the same strategic investment choice
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Strathclyde allocates £900m to quartet of private debt managers
Alcentra, Barings, ICG Longbow and Partners Group to run new mandates for Scotland’s biggest pension fund
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Dutch regulator ‘world’s first’ to sign up to PRI [updated]
Central bank says it will investigate options regarding target allocations to green bonds and impact investing projects
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Poor Q4 leads to 3.2% 2018 loss for Spanish pension funds
Fourth-quarter performance was the worst since the 2008 financial crisis, says Mercer
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NewsKeva’s assets shrink €1.8bn after 3% investment loss in 2018
Finnish pensions giant fund says investment environment was marked by “restlessness”
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NewsPensionDanmark merges private debt and alts departments
Kim Nielsen to lead DKK235.9bn (€31.6bn) provider’s alternative investment operations
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Dutch retailer scheme to ditch hedge funds
Pension fund cites high costs, poor sustainability and lack of transparency
