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BlackRock sets out 2021 net-zero support commitments
World’s largest asset manager to disclose temperature alignment metric, adopt ‘heightened scrutiny model’
Future of Sustainability in Investment Management
In many ways, we are moving from sustainable investing as a good idea to a reality that has implications for all investment portfolios. The future of sustainable investing is in the balance. It involves balancing financial and extra-financial considerations, balancing the short term and long term to ensure that short-term goals do not compromise long-term goals, and balancing stakeholder interests and seeking fair outcomes for all.
The Market Measure Of Carbon Risk And Its Impact On The Minimum Variance Portfolio
Like ESG investing, climate change is an important concern for asset managers and owners, and a new challenge for portfolio construction. Until now, investors have mainly measured carbon risk using fundamental approaches, such as with carbon intensity metrics. Nevertheless, it has not been proven that asset prices are directly impacted by these fundamental-based measures.
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Danish FSA warns pension funds of weaker illiquid credit loan terms
Pension providers should note “any possible structural shifts in the loan markets”, says watchdog
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Investors set 2030 deadline for mining reforms
An investor group, led by CEPB and the Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds, has committed to further interventions to drive change, including on tailings dams
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Dutch sector-wide pension funds want to open up for self-employed
Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees wants to give second-pillar schemes the opportunity to allow the self-employed to join as of next year
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Legal & General strikes £400m ‘assured payment policy’ with own scheme
‘At the simplest level an APP does the reverse of a longevity insurance contract’
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PLSA policy board identifies six priorities for 2021 as new members join
DC decumulation, investment and stewardship, pensions tax relief, small pots, pension dashboards and DB funding are top priorities for the PLSA
Market Commentary - EM sovereign ratings: more differentiation
With the year starting and the publication of the rating agencies revision calendar for 2021, it is time to take stock of the rating dynamics for EM countries.
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Equities, Swiss real estate push Migros' returns in 2020
The board of trustees decided to overhaul its investment strategy by increasing allocations to real assets to 37% from 2021