All MSCI articles – Page 3
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NewsPeople moves: AP3’s new equity manager; Hymans names DB partner [updated]
AP3, Hymans Robertson, LCP, Redington, WTW, PGIM, CPPIB, NN Investment Partners, XPS, BNP Paribas Asset Management, JPMorgan AM, Kempen, T Rowe Price, TOBAM, MSCI, First State, AMOI, CAIA
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ESG roundup: New COVID-19 bill to provide legal certainty about AGMs [updated]
Plus: ESG metrics, scores moves; COVID-19 corporate governance expectations; Folksam green bond purchase; Stewardship reporting
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NewsShell’s Dutch scheme introduces own ESG benchmark
The scheme moved 40% of its equity holdings – 22.6% of its entire portfolio at year-end – to its custom ESG benchmark
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PostNL builds tailor-made sustainable equity index
The index is applicable to all its European equity holdings
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NewsPenSam adopts MSCI Climate Index for €4.8bn equities portfolio
Danish pension fund says move is step towards aligning portfolio with Paris Climate Agreement
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NewsSwitzerland’s Publica develops ‘climate efficient’ equity index
Innovative index replaces previous ad hoc, partial approach
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NewsAon: factor investing overcrowding fears ‘not justified’
It is unrealistic to foresee a situation where factor premiums are wiped out completely
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Climate roundup: More providers anticipate EU climate benchmark rules
Plus: MSCI climate value-at-risk tool, BMO GAM engagement priority
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NewsWellcome Trust warns of slowdown after 6.9% return
‘The portfolio has performed well in challenging macro circumstances’
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MSCI to make company ESG ratings publicly available
First phase comprises ratings of more than 2,800 companies
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NewsESG roundup: EU benchmarks, disclosure regs get final rubber stamp
Plus: GPIF forges ahead with additional green bond partnership
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People moves: Church Commissioners steps up engagement with hires
Church Commissioners for England, Centraal Beheer, Newton, MSCI, Folksam, Lincoln Pensions, SGSS, Carlyle Group, Kames Capital, DWS, Epoch Investment Partners
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Coal presence in climate funds ‘points to need for more ESG oversight’
InfluenceMap highlights 22 climate-themed funds with coal exposure, while State Street highlights ‘important nuances’ of climate-aware investing
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ESG roundup: AP Pension cuts tobacco from €15bn portfolio
Plus: MSCI to buy Zurich-based environmental fintech and analytics firm Carbon Delta to boost climate risk offering for institutional investors
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NewsNorway’s €944bn sovereign fund recommends shift out of European equities
GPFG could shift billions out of European stock markets and into the US and Canada if its manager’s recommendations are accepted by government
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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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NewsMSCI warns of €1bn-plus funds running liquidity risks
Data group analyses 400 UCITS funds and reports on liquidity profiles in wake of high-profile suspension of LF Woodford Equity Income fund
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Chart of the Week: Which country’s pension funds invest the most domestically?
Mercer’s European Asset Allocation report reveals the countries whose pension funds have the largest allocations to domestic equity, corporate bonds, and government bonds
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€28bn nuclear decommissioning fund adopts new MSCI climate indices
Energy giant EDF says it believes in ‘enabling transition to a low carbon economy’ and plans to allocate to assets benchmarked to MSCI’s third range of climate-related indices
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NewsPeople moves: Standard Life Aberdeen scraps co-CEO model [updated]
Standard Life Aberdeen, ABP, Aviva Investors, BMO, Nikko AM, Cardano, MSCI, Danica, Invesco, MUFG, LGIM, Hymans Robertson
