All responsible investment articles
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NewsBorder to Coast launches £2.6bn global multi-factor equity index fund
The proposition was launched with support from five of its partner funds: Tyne and Wear, Lincolnshire, Cumbria, Bedfordshire and Warwickshire
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NewsPRI to step up on human rights lobbying
Announcement about policymaker-focused strategy comes as Unilever and Allianz say trade association reviews need standardisation
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NewsPensionsEurope and EFAMA warn against slashing sustainability rules
Omnibus process should be fully wrapped up before the Commission continues with its work on redesigning SFDR
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NewsNatixis affiliates in merger to create global thematic powerhouse
The deal combines Mirova’s €32bn in assets, including €3.1bn in thematic strategies, with Thematics AM’s €3.1bn in assets spread across high-conviction themes
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NewsPFA reverses blacklisting of major aerospace, defence stocks
Danish pensions giant says its ban on makers of nuclear weapon components was keeping Airbus and Boeing out of portfolio
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NewsUK market at ‘inflection point’ for tackling systemic risks, says report
But panellist describes systemic risk as another term that is ‘bandied about’ without being clearly understood
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NewsManagers looking for more leadership from asset owners, says PRI CEO
PRI working on project to ‘re-articulate the financial case for responsible investment’
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NewsDrop in asset owners including responsible investment clauses manager contracts
Latest PRI figures also show a growing emphasis on managers’ voting behavior
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NewsFrance’s FRR awards Japanese equity mandates worth €400m
The fund appointed FIL GESTION, Nomura Asset Management Europe, and Lombard Odier Funds for a five-year contract
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NewsState Street loses £28bn of The People’s Pension’s assets to Amundi and Invesco
State Street has previously managed all of the master trust’s assets worth £32bn
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NewsPFA warns of higher economic risks around China
Danish pensions giant says Trump’s election, and resulting asset manager exodus from climate cooperations, is clear signal that world is changing fast
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NewsItaly’s Banca Etica expands business into ESG asset management
The bank is stripping current external asset manager Anima of its mandate to manage the mutual funds of Etica SGR, the bank’s asset management arm
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NewsPGGM disbands advisory council amid row over new investment policy
The pension asset manager also tried to fire its chief economist for criticising the firm’s switch to ‘3D-investing’
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AnalysisSustainable finance is braced for its toughest year yet
‘If ever we needed asset owners to be the drivers of responsible investment, it’s in 2025,’ says ShareAction’s Simon Rawson
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NewsPRI rules out EMs for next phase of sovereign climate engagement project
An announcement on which additional jurisdictions will be added to the initiative is expected to be made in January 2025
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NewsPGGM ditches responsible investment team with new impact strategy
‘Even though this process required me to give up my old job, I still think it’s a good idea,’ says Piet Klop
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: Environment Agency Pension Fund develops new RI policy
Plus: Aviva is fined for breaching SFDR; Swiss and Dutch schemes are more resilient to disruptive climate policies
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NewsEAPF open to using biodiversity credits to bolster natural capital returns
The Environment Agency Pension Fund plans to allocate 4% to natural capital and set a 17% target for climate solutions
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Let’s talk about responsible investment due diligence
Eilidh Wagstaff, senior specialist for multi-asset in the Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) investor guidance team, takes stock of what’s working and what isn’t in responsible investment due diligence
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NewsOxfordshire Pension Fund divests from tobacco, thermal coal and tar sands
The fund is following recommendations put forward by its investment pool manager Brunel Pension Partnership
