All articles by Susanna Rust – Page 38
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NewsAMX, DWS ‘shift paradigm’ with pooled funds stewardship solution
New service ‘to begin transition of voting power’ from managers to institutional asset owners
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Climate roundup: APG dumps KEPCO and eight others over coal pursuit
Plus: Aviva Investors announces escalation programme; Smart Pension makes net-zero pledge
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FeaturesPerspective: Targeting net zero
Ambitious ‘net-zero’ carbon reduction goals are the latest in the evolution of asset owners’ engagement with climate change
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NewsESMA calls for legislative action on ESG ratings, assessment tools
Watchdog says there are high risks of capital misallocation, mis-selling and greenwashing, but not the tools to combat this
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NewsInvestment consultants offer guide to assessing their climate competency
‘Trustees need to know their advisers are on the front foot’
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UK asset management body launches ‘next generation’ investment group
New committee to provide ‘creative challenge’ to industry thinking about investment, capital markets
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NewsUK government presents pension fund climate risk governance, reporting regs
Requirements largely in line with August 2020 proposals but some helpful tweaks seen
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NewsBlackRock sets out 2021 net-zero support commitments
World’s largest asset manager to disclose temperature alignment metric, adopt ‘heightened scrutiny model’
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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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Major UK pension funds ask prime minister for net-zero meeting
PRI and investors are paying more attention to ‘real economy policy’ in bid to help drive climate change mitigation
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ECB sets up climate change centre, to invest in new BIS green bond fund
ECB also reveals it is exploring a low carbon benchmark move for fixed income investments in the staff pension fund
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ESG roundup: Ontario Teachers announces 2050 net-zero goal
Plus: Northern Trust launches ‘climate aware’ EM index strategy; Aegon UK to drive £1.7bn into new default allocation; $500bn in energy transition investment; and more
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Long-termism non-profit gains investment giants APG, NBIM [updated]
APG Asset Management CEO also joins board of FCLTGlobal
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NewsUK pensions legislation clears parliament after funding rule assurances
DB funding regime will remain ‘genuinely’ scheme-specific, says junior minister Stedman-Scott
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Lyxor discloses ‘temperature’ of more than 150 ETFs
Implied temperature rise metric is catching on, although underlying methodologies vary
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NewsLAPFF-backed parliamentary group launches ‘just transition’ inquiry
Chair of local authority pension fund forum says more focus is needed on social dimension of energy transition
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Fidelity enters private credit market with team hire
€582bn asset manager reveals ambitions to build out broader alternatives platform
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Evonik, Legal & General add £544m buy-in to US de-risking transaction
Merger of four UK DB schemes paves way for full buy-in
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NewsNew EU-wide hybrid instrument recommended to support economic recovery
AFME warns that equity shortfall of up to €600bn threatens Europe’s economic recovery
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NewsEIOPA seeks specialists for pension tracking systems ‘network’
European Commission has asked EIOPA for technical advice in connection with its CMU action plan
