All Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB) articles
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NewsDutch pension funds rethink US allocations
Pensioenfonds Bisdommen, the fund for Catholic clergy, has already reduced its exposure to US equities, while PGB will no longer increase US non-listed investments
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Special ReportBoom or bust? The state of play for net zero indices
Paris-aligned benchmarks have underperformed recently, driving asset owners to think more about customised and active alternatives
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NewsHow is EU regulation impacting the green bond market?
ESMA’s report shows that “lower momentum in ESG investing signals a reduced investor appetite for ‘green’ investment products”
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NewsIrcantec puts €250m into sustainable fund from Nomura
The fund is classified as ‘Article 9’ under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation
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NewsEU advised to develop ‘checklist’ for investors grappling with climate plan evaluations
PSF said the checklist ‘should be based on existing EU sustainability transparency requirements, and should not lead to additional reporting for companies’
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NewsLSEG calls for overhaul of EU sustainable finance regulation
Make it easier to invest in polluting companies through SFDR and climate benchmark rules, and simplify green taxonomy, group tells policymakers
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NewsBumper month for EU sustainability policy ends with Transition Benchmark proposal
Platform on Sustainable Finance proposes two new Investing for Transition Benchmarks
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NewsVBL picks Nordea to invest €1.25bn in Paris-aligned equities
The fund is pursuing an ambitious CO2 reduction target as it aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 7% per year
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Special ReportPension funds outline progress towards net zero
Europe’s leading pension funds talk about their journey to net zero so far
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NewsFund naming guidelines could hamper green bond growth, warns EFAMA
Industry body wants ESMA guidelines to follow the principle that the project financed should be the focus when it comes to green bonds, not the issuer’s business activities
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Special ReportThe case for custom indices to meet sustainability goals
Asset owners are increasingly seeking more bespoke solutions to meet their sustainability goals
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NewsDNB pension fund swaps BlackRock for Aegon AM
The switch comes 17 years after the fund of the Dutch central bank adopted the fiduciary model and started working with BlackRock
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NewsPhoenix starts £160bn shift to climate strategies with FTSE index
The decarbonisation trajectory built into the methodology of its new index is consistent with getting to net zero by 2050
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NewsWhat do ESMA’s sustainable fund-naming rules mean for asset managers?
New guidelines apply to all EU funds and could lead to divestments and rebrands for thousands, as well as SFDR shake-up
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NewsESMA publishes final guidance on ESG fund names
In the final guidelines, funds are required to have 80% of their assets allocated to investments aligned with the sustainability objectives of the EU’s SFDR
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NewsIIGCC unveils new corporate climate target assessment tool
New metric aims to highlight any misalignment between company emissions pathway and the climate benchmark
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NewsEU watchdog spells out rules for ‘transition’-labelled funds
Guidelines will be formally published next year
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NewsEU mulls taxonomy-based climate benchmark label
The EU has launched a consultation today on a new type of climate benchmark for investors
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NewsTNO scheme switches to Paris-Aligned Benchmark for developed equities
The fund is one of two seed investors in the new BlackRock Developed World Paris-Aligned Climate Index Fund
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NewsParis Aligned Benchmark can lead to ‘climate tunnel vision’, warns Cardano
Investors that opt for climate benchmark risk neglecting other ESG issues, according to the Anglo-Dutch asset manager
