All articles by Susanna Rust
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NewsAvon pension fund to stay in defence, share member views with new pool
Pension fund decided to review investment in aerospace and defence sector following petitions for divestment from companies supplying Israel
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: European Commission’s SFDR overhaul
Plus: The UK’s FCA publishes ESG ratings regulatory regime; Sustainability-focused panel at IPE’s annual conference in Seville
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NewsNGOs urge asset owners to stop managers backing fossil fuel expansion
Large asset managers seen maintaining support for fossil fuel expansion via their bond investments and shareholder voting
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NewsEFAMA warns against new ESMA reviews for large asset managers
But says many measures in the EC’s financial markets integration package address barriers to the Savings and Investment Union
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NewsUK regulator launches consultation on ESG rating rules
FCA’s proposed regime includes minimum public transparency requirements and top-up disclosures for direct users
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NewsEU, UK asset managers plan return to client-funded research budgets
Survey shows that vast majority of asset managers believe funding models based on commission-sharing arrangements will be in asset owners’ interests
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AnalysisTNFD to stop work as ISSB kicks off standard-setting on nature
Also: IIGCC to launch new investor deforestation platform to build on momentum of COP26-launched FSDA
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Special ReportJake Barnett: “Now is a powerful time for faith-based investors to advocate for what leadership looks like”
Wespath’s Jake Barnett talks to Susanna Rust about his vision for asset owner leadership in sustainable investing
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Special ReportNet Zero: Front Line Dispatches
The vast majority of countries have missed their deadlines for setting new emission reduction targets under the Paris Agreement. last-minute announcements before this year’s Belém COP, however, mean that there is now a critical mass of new nationally determined contributions.
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NewsIA drops shareholder dissent register on government instruction
Change is a sign of government being open to pro-deregulation lobbying, says corporate governance specialist
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NewsUK’s PPF publishes first sustainability report
Report highlights key achievements such as formalising quarterly stewardship reviews for assessing external managers
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NewsMP tables ‘system-level’ investment duty amendment to pensions bill
Amendment aims to make it clear that trustees must consider and manage system-level risks, ‘but would not compel’
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NewsPRI names interim successor to CEO David Atkin
Atkin’s replacement has some 20 years of experience in corporate governance, sustainable investment, and public policy at US pension and benefits funds
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NewsPension fund execs tackle ‘disconnect’ as governments target institutional capital
Global pension fund network creates new working group to develop guide for governments wanting to mobilise domestic institutional capital
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NewsAsset owner climate stewardship statement gains European backers
Six French asset owners have come on board
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: Pension funds talk physical climate risks
Plus: AP3 sticks with BlackRock; MEPs’ position on transition plans
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NewsTPA ‘a methodology and a mindset’, says new paper
CAIA Association teams up with TAI for report on how the total portfolio approach is being executed by asset owners
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InterviewsPension funds and physical risks: NEST, PFA Pension and PME Pensioenfonds on climate resilience
As the effects of climate change materialise, European pension funds are increasing their focus on physical climate risks
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NewsFRR seeks managers for €600m private debt investment, picks funds
The total amount allocated across the private debt mandates could rise to €800m
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NewsInvestors turn to supervisor over Equinor climate claims concerns
Sarasin and others ask Norwegian FSA to review ‘potentially misleading’ state-controlled oil and gas company’s climate claims
