More ESG news – Page 155
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Bonus eyes climate risks with fresh investment approach
The €1.5bn Austrian multi-employer scheme is setting up a fund-of-funds structure it believes will help improve the transparency of climate-related risks
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NewsESG overlay ‘boosts outcomes for corporate bond investors’: report
Benefits of incorporating ESG factors include lower drawdowns and reduced portfolio volatility, according to JP Morgan Asset Management
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LGPS advisory board pursues ESG-related guidance updates
Scheme advisory board wants to make sure legal framework for LGPS does not lag that for other pension schemes
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NewsPRI consults on challenges to ESG, active ownership in passive investing
Organisation wants to ‘develop market thinking in this area given its rapid development and increasing importance of passive strategies’
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NewsBlackRock accused of ‘myopic’ fossil fuel investment
Think tank claims world’s largest asset manager has failed to protect investors but BlackRock challenges methodology and findings
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NewsFRR launches ESG portfolio analysis searches and updates RI policy
Responsible investment strategy for 2019-23 includes aligning portfolio with 1.5-2°C warming trajectory and defining an ‘extra-financial risk budget’
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Schroders to buy majority stake in impact investor BlueOrchard
Deal underscores growing mainstream investor interest in impact investing, as distinct from ‘exclusionary and inclusionary SRI and ESG integration’
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Moody’s makes buy-side fintech, climate risk acquisitions
RiskFirst is known for its platform for defined benefit pension plans, while Four Twenty Seven specialises in climate risk data and analysis
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Italian roundup: Fonchim offers five mandates worth €1.75bn
Utilities sector fund Pegaso seeks consultant; Media industry fund tenders mandates for equity and bond managers
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NewsProxy adviser group revises best practice principles
Code of practice updated to introduce new governance, monitoring and reporting structures for proxy advisory companies
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NewsESMA advises against explicit ESG analysis mandate for credit rating agencies
Watchdog says credit rating agencies should stay focused on creditworthiness, but transparency of how they consider ESG factors could be improved to help investors
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NewsMixed pension fund response to Swedish government green bonds plan
Financial markets minister Per Bolund says investors will play a ‘central role’ in the green transition as government sets out plan to issue debt by next year
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NewsUS academics challenge whether ESG investing must be fiduciary duty
Two law professors have argued that the position taken by the PRI and others is ‘contrary to both law and economics’
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£22bn UK pension fund ‘should divest from fossil fuels now’, say protesters
Campaigners gather outside Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s office, but scheme argues it is already ‘working hard’ to achieve climate risk goals
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German quartet takes stake in ESG data provider Arabesque S-Ray
Allianz X, DWS, Commerz Real and Land Hessen back quant asset manager’s proprietary technology for monitoring corporates’ ESG performance
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NewsFrance’s ERAFP keeps its eye on portfolio diversification
The €30bn pension fund is seeking to shift investments towards equities, private equity, real estate and infrastructure
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NewsPensionDanmark, Industriens return to PRI after 2013 spat
All six Danish pension funds that exited the PRI six years ago have now returned as signatories in the wake of a governance review
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NewsLocal authority fund shifts £500m into low-carbon index tracker
Swansea Council’s £2.1bn pension fund wants to reduce its exposure to carbon-intensive companies and fossil fuel investments by up to 50% by 2022
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Joseph Mariathasan: Markowitz, Friedman and the crucial debate on ESG
Should the interests of company shareholders trump those of all other stakeholders?
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NewsMJ Hudson acquires Dutch ESG consultancy
Amsterdam-based consultancy’s clients have mainly comprised private equity fund managers and institutional investors
