In-depth reporting on ESG investing for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
Scientific Beta’s out-of-sample research also finds that financially optimal use of ESG information entails a degree of tilting towards ESG laggards
Influence, which isn’t present for social issues, is apparent even when resolutions aren’t successful
TPR transition plan working group to present template to DWP later this year
Aerospace and defence sector is generally seen as high risk, with business ethics a key risk area
In the first of a four-part series on stewardship and shareholder rights, Sophie Robinson-Tillet assesses the impact of a controversial update to shareholder disclosures
Adam Matthews, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Church of England Pensions Board and Chair, Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030.
Plus: the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ditches net-zero commitment; Robeco says appetite for climate investing has fallen across the board
The AGM voting season in Europe and North America has been unfolding against a backdrop of a backlash against sustainability concerns, particularly in the US
Faith Ward, the highly respected chief responsible investment officer at Brunel Pension Partnership, speaks to IPE just days before being recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours
Nature can provide almost 40% of greenhouse gas reductions needed by 2030, according to research published in 2017 by the Nature Conservancy.
Despite US backpedalling on climate change initiatives, Australia’s superannuation funds are taking a long-term approach to ‘green’ opportunities
Through the lens of technology, investors can understand geopolitics, demographics, migration, and the potentially existential impacts of climate change
Industry experts say Pension Schemes Bill misses opportunity to clarify fiduciary duty, and falls short on needed clarity and ambition on sustainable investing
Many consultation respondents have called for a product label dedicated to impact investing
European asset owners should seize the US retreat from ESG as a moment to evaluate and recalibrate their manager mandates, argues Colin Melvin
‘Valuation techniques are evolving and starting to integrate more information than they did in the past,’ says professor
Private credit is attracting the attention of investors with impact objectives, while strategies in public equities have a clearer framework to lean on
New approaches will be needed to encourage asset managers and institutional investors to participate in blended finance
European supranational institutions have been among the driving forces behind blended finance, but scaling up the involvement of the continent’s risk-averse institutional investors remains challenging
Two pension providers offer different perspectives on impact in their portfolios